A typical seasonal flu kills about 300-600,000 people per year in the world. COVID-19 was at ~300k worldwide in May 15th, and as of today is at ~600k worldwide. In 2 months.
And judging by the shape of the world& #39;s curve, this is going to be a very large pandemic indeed.
And judging by the shape of the world& #39;s curve, this is going to be a very large pandemic indeed.
Ranking COVID-19 right now, it& #39;s passed every seasonal flu that has occurred recently.
It& #39;s passed the 2009 H1N1 pandemic which slowly infected up to 1 billion people and about 180k people died.
It& #39;s passing (this month) the peak ever seasonal flu yearly death total.
It& #39;s passed the 2009 H1N1 pandemic which slowly infected up to 1 billion people and about 180k people died.
It& #39;s passing (this month) the peak ever seasonal flu yearly death total.