I think it would have been worth it putting the Spanish Flu there, even if just in grey / dotted or something, for reference.
Edit: Somebody answered this and I find it a very good idea: > comment by bwad40 « I was thinking that too, also add the seasonal flu. Just for the folks that say it’s Covid isn’t even as bad as the flu. »
![image showing [OC] American War Casualties + Death Rate Compared with American COVID Deaths](390d4906-c9a1-5908-b234-6fe6c6cdf550.jpg)
Mr_Goldilocks on July 22nd, 2020 at 10:37 UTC »
My favorite part of this post is that people are coming up with ideas to make the data more robust and the OP is taking them into account.
arthurwolf on July 22nd, 2020 at 11:35 UTC »
I think it would have been worth it putting the Spanish Flu there, even if just in grey / dotted or something, for reference.
Edit: Somebody answered this and I find it a very good idea: > comment by bwad40 « I was thinking that too, also add the seasonal flu. Just for the folks that say it’s Covid isn’t even as bad as the flu. »SLR107FR-31 on July 22nd, 2020 at 11:43 UTC »
Fun fact! (Roughly) 75% of the deaths in the Civil War were from disease and not combat