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Hard to Say Whether 1918 or COVID Pandemic is Worse

by Marco CƔceres

There have been many articles published by the corporate media recently noting that the number of deaths in the United States surpassed 675,000 on Sept. 20, 2021. The figure is significant in that it represents the estimated number of people who died from the influenza in the country during the 1918 influenza pandemicā€”the most deadly disease outbreak in the U.S. until now perhaps.1Ā 2Ā 3Ā 4Ā 5Ā Based on data compiled by Johns Hopkins University,Ā CNBCĀ reported:

COVID-19 is officially the most deadly outbreak in recent American history, surpassing the estimated U.S. fatalities from the 1918 influenza pandemic.1

While this may be true in absolute terms, it is much less so relatively-speaking, given that the U.S. population in 1918 was approximately 103.2 million, compared to an estimated 333.4 million today.6Ā 7Ā According to Professor Thomas Ewing, PhD of Virginia Tech University, the death rate for the 1918 pandemic was about six in every 1,000 people in the U.S., while the death rate from COVID has been about two in every 1,000 people… READ MORE… – The Vaccine Reaction

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