[xone]

If by ‘thin the herd’ you mean this virus? Probably not. 2% isn’t that great a mortality when compared with other viruses that have burned through humanity.

Every little bit helps especially when the plebs get feisty and there is no war furnace in which to feed them.

[Black Agnes]

Google ‘PLA bloodless victory’.

They weren’t going to be restricted to their own borders for long. At that point there’s no limit on the population allowed.