How does coronavirus compare to other pandemics?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: How does coronavirus compare to other pandemics?
Position‹2 of 6›: Spanish Influenza is the worst pandemic in history

This position holds that the Spanish Influenza was the worst pandemic in history. It points to the staggering death toll of the outbreak that followed the First World War, its unusual lethality among otherwise healthy young people, and the way wartime conditions accelerated its spread.

Supporting arguments · 2

WWI helped to spread the pandemic
WWI meant that people were moving around much more than ever.
Spanish Influenza killed completely healthy people
While previous influenza pandemics had mostly killed only the very old or very young, the Spanish flu affected even young, previously healthy people.