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Re:Advocates want to name heatwaves like hurricanes to raise... by umvi on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:54AM (#24471635)
> The spanish Flu killed about 600k Americans.

USA population was also only 100M in 1918. So 600k back then was .6% of the total population. So far covid has killed .06% of the total population, or one order of magnitude less.

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Re:Advocates want to name heatwaves like hurricanes to raise... by smegger001 on Monday September 14, 2020 @08:00PM (#24476521)
Spanish flu pandemic lasted a little over 2 years, we are just now coming up on 8 months.
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