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Originally Posted by ctmurray
After your post I looked this up. And indeed the death rates are about the same. The BIG difference is that we have were shut down for weeks, some have been social distancing and wearing a mask, and hospitals have been aggressively trying to save lives. In 1957 they did none of these things. So Covid-19 is much more communicable and deadly. This is why the scientists and doctors involved recommended these mitigation efforts as they saw this from the early infections.
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The 57 flu was just as contagious and deadly as covid 19. All you have to do is look at infection rate and deaths per million. The big difference between the two diseases is not social distancing and masks. In 1957, thanks to Hilleman, we had a vaccine ready. Without that vaccine, 57 flu would have killed A LOT more people.