It will be noted that up to 500 million people are infected with COVID-19 as much as the flu. But do not forget that the eras are different for 100 years. Advances in medicine, hygiene, technology, and more are far greater than in the past. But the outcomes for infection were not that different.
One reason that can be explained is population density and social environmental factors such as risky lifestyles
However, the very different outcomes between the past and the present are number of deaths The Spanish flu era is estimated to have killed between 17-50 million people.
While the COVID-19 era has reached 500 million infected, about 6.2 million have died as a result of drugs and vaccines. including medical science and technology
The worrying thing is that the Covid-19 disease has not stopped at 500 million, but the outbreak is still ongoing. as a result of viral mutations lifestyle and self-defense of the people
This includes health injustices that occur and impair access to essential services that are universal, inadequate, or of poor quality, such as diagnosis, care, prevention and social support mechanisms.