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Re:Open-source “pandemic ventilator” by mike_d on Sunday March 01, 2020 @04:22AM (#22456006)
> It's got a mortality rate of 0.7% (same order of magnitude as the garden variety flu)

The Spanish Flu only had a mortality rate of 1.2% and killed over 30 million people.

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Re:Open-source “pandemic ventilator” by arcticbull on Monday March 02, 2020 @10:21AM (#22465089)
Seasonal flu kills ~650K/yr every year. We live in a risky world. [1]

[1] https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2...

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