Some Perspective on Past Fatal World Events

Fatality rates:

~29% : Black Plague (1350)
~6% : Spanish Flu (1918)
~3.3% : World War 2
~2% : World War 1
0.06% : COVID19
0.02% : Driving in the US (1960)
0.01% : Seasonal Flu
0.01% : Driving in the US (2019)

— Willy Woo (@woonomic) September 30, 2021