Worries about the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant mothers and their offspring are widespread. Data from New York City in 2020 and Philadelphia in 1918 were used to compare to COVID-19 mortality rates versus Spanish Flu mortality rates by age and gender. The data show that COVID-19 mortality rates have been much higher for individuals over 60 compared to the Spanish Flu, which had much higher mortality rates for people between the ages of 20-40. Data on COVID-19 death counts for New York City from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) combined with population estimates for 2017 from New York State Department of Health (2017). Data on Spanish Influenza from Rogers (1920). Data is accessible to people who have an OPEN ICPSR account.