A lot has been said about the 1917-18 flu epidemic being the worst in current times but no figures on the death rate. I now read that the death rate was 5%, that is 50 in a 1000 people, with very little medicine. As the current virus is said to be close to the 1918 one, and with modern medicine, the death rate in modern countries should be less than 10 in a 1000 and some of those would have died from a normal flu. The main danger it would seem will be in undeveloped countries and the part they play in modern commerce. Large scale deaths could cripple some industries...agriculture, Chinese manufacturing, rubber plantations, mineral production; not sure how the oil industry would be affected. Globalisation will be sorely tested by a global virus.
1917-18 flu epidemic...good news
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