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I think the point was mostly that comparing the case/fatality numbers of covid19 - a truly global pandemic - with those of malaria has to factor in the size of
by black_puppydog 6y ago
I think the point was mostly that comparing the case/fatality numbers of covid19 - a truly global pandemic - with those of malaria has to factor in the size of the population being exposed.
Sure, Malaria is unlikely to spread like covid or it would have done so a long time ago, but the absolute numbers don't tell the whole story about how bad each disease is.
- eloff 6y agoActually malaria used to be in much larger areas of the world, including the United States. But the population was much smaller at that time. It's a good point about absolute numbers versus population relative numbers.