21st century Spanish Flu was the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic. Literally - Spanish Flu was also H1N1, though the strains were slightly different. The 2009 pandemic was estimated to have sickened about 1.5B people and killed about 150,000 for the relatively low death rate of about 0.01%.
We'll likely think of coronavirus the same way we think of the 2009 pandemic, i.e. it gets a Wikipedia article of its own, an occasional historical mention, but we forget about it when disease is not specifically the topic of conversation.
nostrademons|6 years ago
We'll likely think of coronavirus the same way we think of the 2009 pandemic, i.e. it gets a Wikipedia article of its own, an occasional historical mention, but we forget about it when disease is not specifically the topic of conversation.
soared|6 years ago
WHO: 8,000 deaths, 630k laboratory confirmed cases, 43-89 million got sick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic_H1N1/09_virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic
Spanish flu on the other hand killed 3-6% of the world's population!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu