Why Comparing Covid To The Spanish Flu Is Very Misleading
Many comparisons have been made between the current Covid-19 pandemic and the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918-1919. The ongoing pandemic has been called the most severe to have occurred since then. That may be true, but the comparisons stop there. Making too many comparisons between two things that are in no way comparable to one another makes the lesser seem far worse than it is. Thus, comparing Covid to the Spanish Flu greatly exaggerates its severity. It is just one…