To me it felt less lethal but way more transmissible, so it was able to reach those that whose normal behaviour would escape the flu.
I think more than anything, the response is what resulted in more deaths, if we had the same response during the Spanish flu, Europe would have seen Black plague death tolls.
Sars-Cov-2/Covid-19 was circulating in various places in 2019 with no apparent elevated death profile in those places. It was only after the governments declared "emergency" and started trying to isolate people and ration healthcare that deaths went up.
To me it felt less lethal but way more transmissible, so it was able to reach those that whose normal behaviour would escape the flu.
I think more than anything, the response is what resulted in more deaths, if we had the same response during the Spanish flu, Europe would have seen Black plague death tolls.
Sars-Cov-2/Covid-19 was circulating in various places in 2019 with no apparent elevated death profile in those places. It was only after the governments declared "emergency" and started trying to isolate people and ration healthcare that deaths went up.
Check out the breakdown here: https://pandauncut.substack.com/p/were-the-unprecedented-excess-deaths
Those people at my workplace are still catching it, too.
If I didn't have to pick up their slack it would be funny.