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There hadn’t been one at this scale for 100 years, who’s to say how long it would have been till the next natural one, I for one would rather not have experienc
by katbyte 5y ago
There hadn’t been one at this scale for 100 years, who’s to say how long it would have been till the next natural one, I for one would rather not have experienced a global pandemic even if a natural one was due in 50 years
- swader999 5y agoThe 68 flu killed between 1-4 million, so the high end in that one would be comparable to what we see with covid.
- katbyte 5y ago1-4 that didn’t shutdown the wold isn’t comparable to covid nearing 4 million verified and likely far higher despite many actions and lockdowns taken. I’d much rather have lived through a 68 flu then covid thank you
- swader999 5y agoThe 68 was a lot more deadly amongst the young. Shutting the world was a political decision not a fact of the virus' behavior.
- Godel_unicode 5y agoIn 1968: - The population was much less densely gathered - The world population was roughly half what it is today - There was much less air travel - Testing was much worse - Statistics about mortality were much less evenly gathered There are worse things than lockdown.