Here’s one ‘remarkable’ difference between COVID-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu

Here’s one ‘remarkable’ difference between COVID-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu

The 2020 coronavirus and 1918 Spanish influenza pandemics share many similarities, but they also diverge on one key point.

“A major difference between Spanish flu and COVID-19 is the age distribution of fatalities,” according to Deutsche Bank
DB,
-1.30%.
“For COVID-19, the elderly have been overwhelmingly the worst hit. For the Spanish flu of 1918, the young working-age population were…

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