COMPARING THE DEATH COUNTS BETWEEN THE 1918 FLU AND COVID-19 WITHOUT ADJUSTING FOR POPULATION GROWTH IS EXTREMELY MISLEADING. IN 1918 THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES WAS ROUGHLY 103 MILLION, WHILE NEAR THE END OF 2020 IT STOOD AT ROUGHLY 330 MILLION. ACCORDING TO CDC STATISTICS COMPILED BY A STUDY IN JAMA COVID-19 KILLED 345,000 PEOPLE IN 2020 AND NOW STANDS AT AROUND HALF A MILLION AS STATED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES. ADJUSTED FOR THE POPULATION GROWTH OF OVER 200 MILLION PEOPLE AND HOLDING THE DEATH RATES CONSTANT, THE 1918 FLU WOULD HAVE KILLED OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE IF IT OCCURRED TODAY, WHICH IS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES GREATER THAN COVID-19.
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