What? Less than half a million deaths so far. Pretty serious, but definitely not the worst human catastrophe since WW2. There are a few dozen wars, civil war

What? Less than half a million deaths so far. Pretty serious, but definitely not the worst human catastrophe since WW2. There are a few dozen wars, civil wars, and genocides over the last 70 years that resulted in more than half a million deaths. Plus of course much non-death related suffering. Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran-Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Congo. Plus some real stand-outs, like the Korean War (2M - 3M?), the Vietnam War (1M - 4M?), the Khmer Rouge mass killings (1.5M - 2.5M?), Nigerian Civil War (1M - 3M?), the Bangladesh genocide of '71 (500k - 3M?), In the natural world, cyclone Bhola (and subsequent flooding) is blamed for over half a million deaths. As it stands, COVID-19 isn't even in the top 20 yet (er, bottom 20?), though unfortunately it is on track to perhaps hit top-10. For reference, WW2 is still two orders of magnitude worse than any of the above. Yikes.