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To: MinorityRepublican

The death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic was around 40 million - maybe only half as many, maybe twice as many - but nevertheless probably around 3% of the then world population. The death toll from Covid-19 has now passed 4 million, so maybe 0.05% of the current world population.


8 posted on 07/07/2021 10:54:20 PM PDT by Mr Information
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To: Mr Information
Just a guess here but COVID-19 will never go away. The West will be able to contain this due to vaccines but it will continue to kill millions in the Third World because they will be one step behind the virus.

India might have the technical capability to stop the virus but can we say the same with Latin America and Africa? Interesting thing is that the virus is hitting hard in Latin America and India while most of Africa (except for South Africa) had not been hit hard yet. It could be that life expectancy is relatively short so that explains the virus not hitting them as hard as expected.

9 posted on 07/07/2021 11:22:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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