We, humans, are fascinated with numbers. Yet years lets say 100 years ago it was harder to come by the numbers killed and affected by the Spanish Influenza (another coronavirus). I should not that it did not originate in Spain. Ok back on the numbers. At that time it was very hard to get real-time numbers. Actually, many countries lied, or covered up the fact that many thousands were dying in their jurisdictions.
By today's estimates, around 20 million died worldwide 100 years ago. Today we are better at counting and tabulating figures. However, we are also subject to the same issues as 100 years ago. Governments are counting deaths that are related to this infection as a COVID-19 related death. Then there are many people who were not counted simply due to the lack of information at that time. Also, the numbers are based on tested individuals. I am so sure that we have thousands more in Korea who were infected with coronavirus but they showed very mild symptoms. We have likely lost a lot more than 400,000 souls. Likely it is millions. China lied about its numbers. I am sure some American states are doing the same thing. Everyone is concerned about reopening to keep economies running so that people are making money.
So I do not believe the numbers. I feel that they are a rough estimate that we can use as a guide. We know that the United States, Europe, and Brazil are badly affected. Ok, I gotta go class time!
/tata
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