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The United States’ reported death toll from Covid-19 will this week surpass the number of dead from the Spanish flu, according to the side-by-side numbers – though a direct comparison between the raw numbers doesn’t give the whole story, medical experts and statisticians say. What is clear is that the sheer numbers, given the modern-day tools that combat such illnesses, are a heavy burden. Covid-related US deaths as of Sunday night were at 673,763, according to Johns Hopkins University data. US Covid-19 cases climbing in ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’ That’s just over 1,200 fewer that died in the 1918 Spanish flu,...
