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Re:Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off ... by dehrmann on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:37PM (#22983466)
Worth noting the Spanish Flu was ~10x more fatal than COVID-19.
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Re:Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off ... by DennisP on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:46PM (#22983515)
Based on the recent random antibody surveys in NY and Miami, covid19 is around 0.6% to 0.7% fatal. Spanish Flu is generally thought to have been around 2.5%.

https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

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Re:Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off ... by Retric on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:58PM (#22983969)
That’s including asymptotic cases for COVID-19 but not Spanish flu. An apples to apples comparison would be closer to 1% vs 2.5% with significant error bars on both numbers.
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