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Originally Posted by Actor
More people died in the flu epidemic of 1918 than were killed in WWII. Estimates go as high as 100 million deaths. The total population of the earth in 1900 was 5 billion. That's 100 deaths for every 5000 people or 2%. 2% of todays U.S. population is 7 million people.
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In 1918 there were no jet planes, few cars or interstate roadways. Today a similar epidemic would be far worse.
