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Originally Posted by karostay
Just natures way of reducing the surface population without war
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You may have a point; it has been observed in animal populations. Overpopulations of animals have been known to crash. Usually by outstripping their food supply but it could be by disease too. And it has happened with people in the past.
I hope it gets eradicated soon because it's a disgusting disease. But if this doesn't bring a major reduction in population, it may just be a matter of time before something else does.
The reason is that there are so many people living in close proximity and there are millions of people traveling back and forth across the globe every day. In primitive times there were just tribes or small groups of people living far apart from each other.