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> The populations were much lower back then As a percentage of the population, why would this matter? Other than for population density which you would genera
by claytongulick 5y ago
> The populations were much lower back then
As a percentage of the population, why would this matter?
Other than for population density which you would generally expect to cause an increased rate of infection, not less.
- pmoriarty 5y agoIt matters because a million people dying is worse than ten people dying, even if those ten people were 50% of some population and the million were only 10% of another population.
- giantg2 5y agoEven if that's true, that doesn't support your position. Conservative estimated deaths: Coronavirus - 3M Black death - 75M (in ten years) Spanish flu - 35M