CV and mad panic behaviour

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Mortality rate corona = 3.4%.  Influenza = 1.0%.  Spanish flu = 10 to 20%

Interesting, there was some discussion on one of the science podcasts talking about the H1N1 and how that historical situation could be very similar to now, in that they had identified H1N1(Maybe H5N1 as well, apparently now there is some doubt it was a single strain acting) but the sample set is relatively low and they were looking for an Influenza specifically. So now they think they should go back and check for an additional factor like coronavirus. But apparently there were other circumstances which affected the epidemiology surrounding the Spanish Flu, not sure what they were.

btw., The real figures for Spanish Flu were probably also about 2%, the infection rates were only in the 20% range. Still that is many times normal Flu which is typically 0.1% SDR. There were higher rates in Polynesia and other previous isolated places, up to 20% SDR, primarily due to the low resistance in those communities and their recent exposure to Western civilisation. Similar to when the Spanish introduced measles to South America.

A great book to read, a bit heavy on the reading but still worthwhile, is Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel.