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Originally Posted by Corral
Sure this will eventually be controlled. Will it go away? Nobody knows that yet. Comparisons with the Spanish flu are difficult. Remember that was a world where the only way to travel across oceans was by boat and most people still relied on horses or train for long distance overland. Containment was much easier And it still killed 50 million. In a global interconnected human civilization these viruses can be far more difficult to contain. Even an effective vaccine will take years to distribute world wide.
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We didn’t know things about virology and microorganisms that we do now.
We couldn’t mass produce PPE and masks, to say nothing of marshalling billions of dollars on short notice to find a vaccine.
We couldn’t get messaging on best practices out in real time via electronic devices that the majority of the adult population owns and uses 5+ hours a day.
50M dead Vs 1M. Maybe that number goes up to 2M before this is truly over - I doubt it. The modern world has done a truly amazing job fighting this virus over the last eight months.
If the United States was led by anyone else, up to and including Mike Pence, this would be under control by now.