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cord-330692-rqwkkfp0	He, Daihai	Comparing COVID-19 and the 1918–19 influenza pandemics in United Kingdom	2020-06-26		.txt	text/plain	727	50	56	title: Comparing COVID-19 and the 1918–19 influenza pandemics in United Kingdom We found that the on-going COVID-19 wave of infection matched the major wave of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic surprisingly well, both reached similar magnitude (in term of estimated weekly new infections) and spent the same duration above 5 cases per 1000 inhabitants, for the past two months. The fast spread and high fatality of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remind us of the first pandemic in last century, the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. A comparison between the YLLs for COVID-19 and 1918-19 influenza should be conducted, because YLL is the other important indicator of the severity of a pandemic. If we assume a 0.5% IFR for COVID-19 in 2020 and a 2% infection fatality rate in 1918, we may calculate and compare the infections based on reported deaths which should be more reliable than reported cases.	./cache/cord-330692-rqwkkfp0.txt	./txt/cord-330692-rqwkkfp0.txt