re: A history of pandemics

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As a child I cringed at television mentioning the black death. The movies depicted a grizzly scene and still probably didn't do it justice to just how bad it was. I can't imagine a modern day outbreak that is as contagious as covid-19 but killed 75 to 100 percent of its victims. I know Ebola kills most victims but it's hard to catch it compared to covid-19.

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As contagious as Covid-19 and as fatal as the Black Death is the worst case scenario. Well, unless the dead came back to life as zombies. If we think we have unbearable limitations put on our life now something like that would make social distancing seem like a picnic with Papa Smurf and Frosty the Snowman.

If something that horrific really got established and spreading in the world... you'd probably see governments destroying bridges, napalming highways, and establishing safe camps where anyone with so much as a sniffle is taken out and shot.

God help us all, but if we had to choose between 75% of the population dies and mass murder to prevent it... we'd kill a lot of people.