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Yes, 20x. The current year flu is around 0.1%. The current COVID-19 rate is estimated 2.3%. The 1918 Spanish Flu was around 2%. The first year of the 2009-2010 H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic, was just 0.02 percent.Originally Posted by Mesabah
No, not really 20x, the issue is not the death rate. It's the supply chain disruption, and the restriction of movement to slow the spread, in order to prevent hospital overcrowding.
(this from the H5N1 page)
The case-fatality rate is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of case-fatality (CF) rates for past influenza pandemics have ranged from about 0.1% (1957 and 1968 pandemics) to 2-3% (1918 pandemic).
SARS and MERS were more deadly, but far less transmissible.
Study of 72,000 COVID-19 patients finds 2.3% death rate | CIDRAP
I didn't say a thing about supply chain disruptions. But if you're implying that disruptions are due to "hysteria", then do a calculation of what 2% of 7 Billion people is.