Representing the failure to do better controlling a virus after over 100 years, or to count better.
500,000-850,000 were killed in the U.S. by Spanish Flu 1918-19. The most commonly accepted number is 675,000. COVID-19 has now killed over 675,000 by the counts of the three most reputable sources, CDC, JHU, NYT, but the figures differ slightly by source.
