Over The Hump, Covid

We have officially passed the middle of 2020. The good news is that we appear to have escaped Armageddon. Future historians will likely replace, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot" with "Where were you when the virus hit?." We will endlessly debate which was worse, the negative media hype, the lock-down, or the disease. What we do know is that this pandemic is not the worst. Also, since the beginning of June, there are more cured cases than active cases. According to WebMD, early estimates predict that the overall COVID-19 recovery rate is between 97% and 99.75%.

As of June 24, the number of people the CDC confirmed infected is at 9.2 million, or .13% of the world population and the death toll is (475 thousand) .06%.
CDC estimates that, from October 1, 2019, through April 4, 2020, there have been between 39 and 56 million seasonal flu illnesses.

From MPH Online, an independent online resource for public health students -

HIV/AIDS Pandemic had a Death Toll of 36 million. (Congo)
Between 2005 and 2012 the annual global deaths from HIV/AIDS dropped from 2.2 million to 1.6 million.
Flu Pandemic 1968 had a Death Toll of 1 million. Hong Kong))
The 1968 pandemic had a mortality rate (.5%) and resulted in the deaths of more than a million people.
Asian Flu Pandemic (1956-1958) had a Death Toll of 2 million. (China)
The World Health Organization noted approximately 2 million deaths.

Flu Pandemic (1918) had a Death Toll of 20 -50 million. (Spanish, but disputed)
Of the 500 million people infected in the 1918 pandemic, the mortality rate was estimated at 10% to 20%, with up to 25 million deaths in the first 25 weeks.