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A comment on Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern. Parent comment

Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by Daishiman on Friday November 26, 2021 @03:54PM (#29354016)
Influenza didn't kill 5+ million people in two years.
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Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by sdfdf4434r34r on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:07PM (#29354131)
You're off by a factor of 10, it killed 50 million in 1918-1920, 1-4 million in 1957-1958, 1-4 million again in 1968-1969, 700k in 1977, 100-200k in 2009.
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Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by lettergram on Friday November 26, 2021 @08:37PM (#29356322)
That’s also not population adjusted.
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Re:Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant... by tjr225 on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:02PM (#29354097)
Uhhhh it killed somewhere around 17-50 million people. I guess you’re technically correct lmao.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

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