[Comment] Offline: From 1918 to 2018 —the lessons of influenza

Estimates of mortality during the 1918 –20 influenza pandemic range from 20 million to 100 million deaths. Mortality between countries varied enormously. A large part of this variation was related to wealth. Resource-poor countries, with weak health systems, pervasive undernutrition, and widespread poverty, had higher death rates. When 1918 mortality rates are modelled for the modern era, an epidemic of influenza with similar virulence and pathogenicity would cause around 62 million deaths, with younger age groups especially vulnerable.

Source: LANCET - January 5, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Richard Horton Tags: Comment Source Type: research