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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
More like 17 million worldwide; 500,000 in the US, many among troops fighting WWI in Europe at a time that there were no antibiotics. And not even Ebola can kill you in "a matter of hours", (unless you mean 96-168 hours)
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According to Smithsonian Magazine, “ the (1918 Spanish Flu) pandemic lasted just 15 months but was the deadliest disease outbreak in human history, killing between 50 million and 100 million people worldwide, according to the most widely cited analysis. An exact global number is unlikely ever to be determined, given the lack of suitable records in much of the world at that time.“
500 million deaths are shown on Wikipedia. 1918 Spanish Flu infected young healthy people VERY rapidly. Smithsonian quoted a health official treating people at the time, “It is only a matter of a few hours then until death comes.” It has an incubation period estimated to have been just 2-5 days. Coronovirus isn’t nearly as quick nor as lethal as Spanish Flu. That was my point.
We are fortunate because Coronovirus has a longer incubation period, is less often deadly and appears to affect a smaller segment of the population.
But Coronovirus has worse effects in people over 60 and those with pre-existing conditions, including those with asthma, diabetes and other ailments.
So, How many people in TV are over 60 and/or have a pre-existing condition? Almost everyone. That’s the problem.