The official toll of the Covid 19 pandemic in the United States will exceed that of 675 thousand deaths from the Spanish flu by today if the average of about 1,800 victims in 24 hours recorded in recent days is confirmed. At the moment, as evidenced by the Johns Hopkins University database, the total number of deaths is about 674 thousand. As the Washington Post points out, however, there are differences between the two scenarios. In 1918, when the Spagnola began, just over 100 million inhabitants lived in the US, while today they are 330 million. This means that Covid has caused one death for every 500 Americans, while the Spanish one in 150. Furthermore, on a global level, Covid has so far caused 4.7 million victims, a number much less than the 50 million people who have died from it. of the flu between 1918 and 1919.