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Old April 8th 20, 03:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Craig Reinholt
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Default What have we learned from all this?

On Monday, April 6, 2020 at 7:12:37 PM UTC-7, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 4:56:02 PM UTC-7, wrote:
...Yearly flu has a higher body count...

I just set a calendar reminder to check in with you on this on 20 January 2021, one year after the first US case was reported. Right now the C19 death toll stands at about 1/4 of a typical year for flu, but its growth rate in many areas is exponential and we're less than a quarter of the way through the year.

--Bob K.


To get accurate and comparable numbers you will have to wait until the COVID-19 has fully spread throughout the world. The flu and all the other causes of death that pop up on social media to compare against CV19 have been established for many years. First quarter next year is way too early for that comparison. Your guess is as good as mine to when CV has fully spread to all parts of the world.
Craig