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Its likely that Viruses like COVID-19 have come and gone over time, and been completely unnoticed. The difference being now that we have much older and elderly
by ArkVark 6y ago
Its likely that Viruses like COVID-19 have come and gone over time, and been completely unnoticed.
The difference being now that we have much older and elderly populations, often with chronic health conditions and deficiencies, kept alive 'artificially' by modern healthcare.
For example, approximately 50% of COVID deaths are to people in nursing homes. Without this population, the virus would be put down as regular influenza/pneumonia, albeit an unusually virulent strain.
- DennisP 6y agoThat same modern healthcare is making the covid death rate much lower than it would be otherwise. We've had plenty of people hospitalized who were not so sick and elderly that they depended on modern medicine to stay alive. Without modern hospital care, more of them would die.