2 COVID Vaccines Approved, End to Pandemic in Sight??

[rachel83az]

Another thing to put things into perspective, the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 actually lasted about 2 years (according to Wikipedia, it was 25 or 26 months depending on how you reckon things). During that time (according to https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resourc...istory.htm) it killed about 675,000 Americans. This was a time BEFORE advanced medicine like ventilators or even antibiotics. Assuming 25 months, that's an average of 27k per month. For covid? 250k over 8 months is 31k per month!

Since we don't even know if the vaccine(s) will work, it's possible this could last at least as long as the Spanish Flu epidemic. At current rates, that's more than three-quarters of a million Americans dead over 2+ years because people can't be bothered to wash their hands and wear a mask.

In Europe, the infection rates are going up again because people couldn't be bothered to have a staycation this year rather than go traipsing across the continent. And the anti-mask rhetoric is spreading. It's disgusting. I, too, am salty about the whole situation.