The bubonic plague killed around a third of Europe (1) and upended the social order for generations (2). Up to 90% of Native Americans died from smallpox and o

The bubonic plague killed around a third of Europe (1) and upended the social order for generations (2). Up to 90% of Native Americans died from smallpox and other imported diseases (3) and it's clear that their societies were in fact overcome. They died a lot. To handwave "learn to live with" is naïve and facile. A virus can't care if we lose a double-digit percentage of population, but we're not choosing that course. Don't mistake a disaster remembered 500 years later for "eh. it worked out ok" Don't confuse mass death with "learn to live with". 1) https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death 2) https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Death/Effects-and-significance https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Death/Effects-and-sig... 3) https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/impact-european-diseases-native-americans https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-...