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Old 08-16-2020, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by papillon View Post
21.6 million Covid-19 cases so far. 769,481 people worldwide have died from Covid-19 so far. The flu last year killed 34,200. Covid-19 is considerably more deadly than the "flu".
"CDC estimates that influenza was associated with more than 48.8 million illnesses, more than 22.7 million medical visits, 959,000 hospitalizations, and 79,400 deaths during the 2017–2018 influenza season." -- cdc.gov

In the 2018 news clips they quote CDC as saying 80,000 died in America related to the flu. Regardless, we have had several pandemics and survived. This is not the end of the world. If I am wrong and it is the end of the world, then I guess rather than running amok in panic, you should set things right with your maker.
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