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Probably not, there have been countless outbreaks and epidemics in the past, all got some attention and media scare. But we haven't had a pandemic since 1920s,
by flavius29663 4y ago
Probably not, there have been countless outbreaks and epidemics in the past, all got some attention and media scare. But we haven't had a pandemic since 1920s, so I would bet on the 99.9% chance of it being just a media scare, rather than a new pandemic.
- chaosite 4y agoYou mean, haven't had a pandemic since 2020?
- flavius29663 4y agothere were zero pandemics for 100 years between 1920s and 2020s
- kenneth 4y agoNot counting the current ongoing pandemic, the last pandemic was 2009/10's swine flu pandemic, which went on to infect 20%+ of the world's population and kill 1M+.
- wwweston 4y agoThis was certainly my bet in January and February 2020 -- "this is like H1N1, it won't be that bad" or "it'll be like SARS and be contained."