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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCOVID is starting to explode in India too. Its going to surpass the 50M from the 1918 flu pandemic
We are over 18M worldwide. Its now getting really bad in populous countries like India where many rural areas are lacking adequate healthcare. I fear this means its going to be here to stay for years to come with such a vast amount of affected people, many of which wont have rapid access to whatever vaccine we develop.
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COVID is starting to explode in India too. Its going to surpass the 50M from the 1918 flu pandemic (Original Post)
drray23
Aug 2020
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denem
(11,045 posts)1. 50-100M is estimated deaths from the 1918 pandemic.
That is not going to happen.
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)2. That was with a 1.8 billion world population in 1918
denem
(11,045 posts)3. In 1918 they did not know what a virus was.
They did not know the basics of incubation and had a rudimentary understanding of transmission, while troop carriers were traveling untrammeled around the world.
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)4. But they knew enough to wear masks.
Wilson was no Trump.