Health
How does the coronavirus compare with other deadly viruses? – The Times of Israel
The pandemic has killed more people than most, but not all, other viral epidemics in the 20th and 21st centuries
PARIS, France — The global death toll from COVID-19 passed three million on Saturday, with the pandemic already having killed more people than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries.
But there have been notable exceptions. The post-World War I Spanish Flu wiped out 50 million people, according to some estimates. And, over the decades, AIDS has killed 33 million.
Here are some comparisons:
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