Eh, not really more so than usual. We've probably had fewer the last 100 years due to better tech and science. Pandemics have always been a civilizational chall

Eh, not really more so than usual. We've probably had fewer the last 100 years due to better tech and science. Pandemics have always been a civilizational challenge, often caused by technology, greed and hubris. Making it in a lab (unlikely, but theoretically possible) and transporting it by air instead of doing both in the hull of a galley is just a new twist that enabled greater scale.