China News Service, September 21. According to the American Chinese website, although today's science and medical methods have advanced by leaps and bounds compared with a century ago, the latest data shows that the number of deaths in the United States from the new crown epidemic still exceeds that of the country in 1918. The number of deaths from the Spanish flu.
On September 18, local time, hundreds of thousands of white flags were planted on the National Mall in Washington, DC to mourn the deceased of the new crown.
According to reports, according to rough estimates, the Spanish flu in 1918 caused 50 million deaths worldwide and 675,000 deaths in the United States.
According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, as of 8:30 am on September 21, Beijing time, more than 676,000 Americans have died from the new crown virus.
This number exceeds the estimated number of deaths from the Spanish flu 103 years ago.
Stephen Kissler, an infectious disease expert at the Harvard School of Public Health, pointed out that when responding to the new crown epidemic, Americans repeated many mistakes they had made in 1918.
According to CNN, some of the experiences and lessons of the year include: Don't lift the epidemic prevention measures prematurely, don't have the wrong impression that young people or healthy people are not easily infected, and don't rely on unproven treatments.
In addition, Kissler and a large number of previous experts have pointed out that the new crown virus may exist for a long time, even after the end of the "pandemic"; and new variants may also appear.
In this regard, the best way to deal with this is still vaccination.