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> a global pandemic far worse than any in living memory I beleive author means that 1918 Spanish flu, with death toll of 25m to 50m according to different sour
by SergeAx 5y ago
> a global pandemic far worse than any in living memory
I beleive author means that 1918 Spanish flu, with death toll of 25m to 50m according to different sources, is something no on living today has a memory of.
But smallpox death toll in XX century was about 300m, and there are a lot of people alive with memories of it.
- Linosaurus 5y ago> smallpox Could have be been classified as an endemic disease in many areas and not a pandemic.
- SergeAx 5y agoGood point, agreed.
- yellowbeard 5y agoHIV/AIDS is also bigger if you count that as a pandemic.