I think, at this point, people are beginning to understand that having a healthy lifestyle will not save you from the virus, but will only strengthen the immune system and lessen the severity of producing symptoms. I'm just wondering if the Spanish flu was much worse than COVID-19 because, back then, there were no medical treatments aside from vaccines. I don't understand why the current pace of vaccinations are very slow, but it couldn't have been bad as compared back then, right? I've following the news ever since the pandemic started, and a lot of antiviral drugs were recommended, like hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, dexamethasone, and then ivermectin. Do you think this pandemic is worse, as compared back then when there were no drugs to treat patients? Again, I'm talking about medical treatments, not vaccines, just to put things into perspective.
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You're quite correct. The 1918 flu pandemic was worse in that it killed at least 30 mil ppl. But given the lack of health care, medicines & hygiene, I'm sure that greatly contributed to the death toll. By comparison, look at the Covid statistics in undeveloped countries. The ones with the least HC infrastructure have really alarming fatality rates. In Yemen, the mortality rate has been as high as 28%. So there's a huge disparity between first & 3rd world countries.
Actually, we'll never really know and it's not a fair comparison, after 100 years. I've researched the Spanish flu pandemic and found disturbing accounts about people who literally dropped dead in the streets-- like they were functional one minute, then just suddenly croaked. With mostly anecdotal reports to go on, it's impossible to gauge its true impact. Still, I think it's safe to say that without sophisticated health care & medicines, we'd be hip deep in bodies from coronavirus by now.
i think covid is worse cause they probably didnt stop everything cause of the spanish flu
Spanish Flu I think...
The Black Plague now that was PANDEMIC...
Oh those good old days...
N.Shadows
Have you been asleep for the past year?
What do you mean a healthy lifestyle will not save you from this virus?
About 50% of the population appears to be naturally immune.
And per the CDC information, up to 45% of the people are asymptomatic.
Your chance of catching covid from someone is no greater than the common cold (your chance of giving it to someone is 50% more than the common cold based on the longer contagion period).
my friends were staying in a cabin for 4 days with someone who was infected.
He had no symptoms until 2 days after they returned.
They were all in their late 40s. No one caught covid from him, including the 3 people who rode 3+ hours each way to get there with him.
There ARE medical treatments:
The anti-inflammatories (not anti-virals) HAVE GREATLY reduced the number of individuals who have illness progression. Dexamethasone has cut the average hospitalization days in half. Remdesivir doesn't work for everyone but those it does, it's great.
Just yesterday, Michigan, began using the Regeneron & Eli Lily antibody therapies as the go to outpatient treatment which has followed months of Marylard being a leader with it.
Albuterol and Budesonide have been very beneficial with keeping people from getting covid related pneumonia.
HCQ is may or not be an effective treatment. There are recent studies that still say it is.
And FINALLY it appears that the medical community is starting to recognize that Vitamin D is not just a fluke.
-- Last week, the Ireland Joint Commission on Health began requiring all healthcare workers and long term care facility residents to supplement. And will get out free supplements at their covid testing sites
- NPR and Apple both had stories this week on the benefits.
The US population in 1918 was 103M and there were about 675,000 deaths in two years.
In the past 16 months there have been 565,000 US deaths out of a population 330M.
** based on basic numbers you can wee that the % of deaths will about about 1/3 less for the Covid-19 pandemic.
And is it a pandemic? The CDC has not released 2020 deaths rates and we still don't know if there was actually an increase in deaths last year or not.
I had COVID last year March 2020 had mild symptoms for 7 days it went away, than last month I hung out with a few friends all day without masks and they ended all tested positive for COVID , I got tested negative but this is the first time they had it and it was mild for them as well so I'm thinking maybe I'm still carrying the antibiotics. What is the odds everyone gets COVID except me and I'm the only one that had it before. Strange