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Originally Posted by Cheiro
During the Great Flu of 1918, there was no such thing as social distancing or even a vaccine. So, the disease was free to infect virtually everyone in the world and everyone got sick. The result was the death of 50 million people which amounted to 1/5 of the population. Today that statistic would translate to 1,400,000,000 (1.4 Billion) deaths. Do I hear any volunteers?
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The population of the world in 1918 was about 1.8 billion. 50 million people amounts to about 2.7 percent of the population. Translated to today that would mean about 200 million people.
