Lynn McGuire
2021-03-10 22:25:50 UTC
"Half a dozen little 2021 predictions about life after COVID-19"
https://www.cringely.com/2021/03/10/half-a-dozen-little-2021-predictions-about-life-after-covid-19/
"Six hundred and seventy-five thousand Americans died of the Spanish Flu
in 1918, back when the total population of the United States was 103
million. In the current pandemic, American deaths are already above
540,000 (remember when a projection of 160,000 deaths seemed crazy?) but
our population is now 331 million. While COVID-19 will undoubtedly kill
more Americans than did the Spanish flu, the percentage of the
population dying will be much lower than the 0.65 percent death rate in
1918. But the numbers are close enough that one might guess the
long-term impact of this pandemic could be very similar to that one."
There is a great picture of the stands of a Georgia Tech football game
in 1918.
You may or may not agree with his predictions. Sadly, I think that he
is correct about conferences.
Lynn
https://www.cringely.com/2021/03/10/half-a-dozen-little-2021-predictions-about-life-after-covid-19/
"Six hundred and seventy-five thousand Americans died of the Spanish Flu
in 1918, back when the total population of the United States was 103
million. In the current pandemic, American deaths are already above
540,000 (remember when a projection of 160,000 deaths seemed crazy?) but
our population is now 331 million. While COVID-19 will undoubtedly kill
more Americans than did the Spanish flu, the percentage of the
population dying will be much lower than the 0.65 percent death rate in
1918. But the numbers are close enough that one might guess the
long-term impact of this pandemic could be very similar to that one."
There is a great picture of the stands of a Georgia Tech football game
in 1918.
You may or may not agree with his predictions. Sadly, I think that he
is correct about conferences.
Lynn