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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 3476313, member: 6819"] Yes and no. Virus' are tricky things to speculate upon, and their propagation rates don't always add up. However, I've seen numbers that say COVID-19's mortality rate is closer to just over 2%, whereas the Spanish or Asian flu numbers were close to 4%. Of course the 1917 flu was the weirdest, cruelest flu man has ever seen. COVID-19 is a more typical flu that kill those at risk: We elderly with pre-existing health conditions, and the very young. The 1917 killed those in the prime of their lives, people aged 17-25, and acted far more rapidly. Some were healthy at dawn and dead by dusk. Perhaps 25-30 million people died world wide. Some say closer to 50 million. So far, and thankfully, COVID-19 just isn't showing those type of numbers [/QUOTE]