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Yeah, I didn't quite understand why it should make us worry. We do have a lot more tools at our disposal than people had 20,000 years ago - vaccines, antivirals
by UncleOxidant 5y ago
Yeah, I didn't quite understand why it should make us worry. We do have a lot more tools at our disposal than people had 20,000 years ago - vaccines, antivirals (in a few years), knowing to social distance, etc.
- jacquesm 5y agoPopulation density, commercial air travel. Social distancing is something that people even now are loathe to engage in, fortunately more and more people 'get it' but there are still plenty that do not. Arguably that's Darwin at work, but still.
- murgindrag 5y agoPopulation is the big one. 7 billion people today means we have many times more opportunities for viruses to come up, combine, and mutate than we once did. I'm not sure which is the bigger phenomenon.
- WalterBright 5y agoOther things we have today that mitigate spread: 1. sanitation 2. hand washing 3. understanding of how the disease spreads (not swamp gas) 4. knowing that throwing virgins into volcanoes does not work 5. clean water
- peter303 5y agoPeople lived in small groups most of the time. Harder to spread.