An article from 2007. A government report warning that a new flu strain could kill 650,000 people in Britain. It doesn't say who came up with this absurd figure. I wonder if it was our old friend Neil Ferguson? Lol (Patreon)

New flu strain 'could kill 650,000'

Officials projected between 48,000 and 650,000 deaths depending on a "base" case scenario and a "worst" case scenario. Even the prudent projections involved 320,000 mortalities from a human flu pandemic. "Cemetery managers are likely to want to move to provision of common graves, which would allow interments to be undertaken more quickly," said the paper.