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A calamity, but not something that would cause the collapse of civilizations, or meaningfully impact military strength a century ago.
by DuskStar 6y ago
A calamity, but not something that would cause the collapse of civilizations, or meaningfully impact military strength a century ago.
- oblio 6y agoThe real issue is that's it's a silent killer. You don't bleed out of your eyes, there's nothing "exciting" about it (say, being an STD), it's not cool television. If an earthquake would kill 1% of the world's population, it would be the event of the century. Instead, here we are, debating Covid's significance and conspiracy theories...
- DuskStar 6y agoAt the same time, if 1-2% of the planet's population had died over the course of a day, with deaths more common among the old and unheard of in children, it would be in the news for years - but life would have gone on with minimal interruption, and I think it would have been almost entirely forgotten within a few generations. It's only because there's a chance of stopping COVID that everyone cares so much.
- oblio 6y agoAmong the old, the obese, the smokers, the asthmatics, the diabetics... You're also grossly underestimating the real impact of 1% of the population dying in a short time span.