Another possible pandemic from China

[Sparko]

Yes and leprosy is around still as well. Amazing isn't it?

Wait around for long enough and smallpox may possibly make its comeback, particularly if the idiots who are anti-vaxx have their way.

Seems like most of the pandemics or near pandemics are coming from China.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Seems like most of the pandemics or near pandemics are coming from China.

That might have something to do with animal husbandry. Humans have lived in close proximity with birds and pigs for some considerable time and zoonotic viruses are the cause of certain human influenzas.

Likewise increasing human encroachment on to "virgin" ecosystems, along with the tendency to eat what is commonly known as "bush meat" intensifies the risk of viruses making the species jump.

[Sparko]

That might have something to do with animal husbandry. Humans have lived in close proximity with birds and pigs for some considerable time and zoonotic viruses are the cause of certain human influenzas.

Likewise increasing human encroachment on to "virgin" ecosystems, along with the tendency to eat what is commonly known as "bush meat" intensifies the risk of viruses making the species jump.

Yeah I am sure the wet markets are a big source of disease and the Chinese communist government's tendency to want to save face and not let the world know that a new disease is on the loose aids in the spread.

[Ronson]

Can we put the Great Wall of China all the way around China yet?

Ya gotta love globalization.

[shunyadragon]

Ya gotta love globalization.

It's like hating math. Globalization is indifferent to hate nor love. The great pandemic of 1917-1820 was the greatest rude awakening to the possible consequences of globalization.

[mossrose]

It's like hating math. Globalization is indifferent to hate nor love. The great pandemic of 1917-1820 was the greatest rude awakening to the possible consequences of globalization.

1917-1820?

[Whateverman]

1917-1820?

He obviously meant the end date to be 1920

[mossrose]

He obviously meant the end date to be 1920

Yes. I know.

[shunyadragon]

1917-1820?

Sorry for the typo 1917-1920 pandemic.

Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102387/life-expectancy-by-country-during-spanish-flu/#:~:text=The%20influenza%20pandemic%20of%201918,widespread%20pandemics%20in%20human%20history.

Life expectancy during the Spanish Flu pandemic 1917-1920
Published by Aaron O'Neill, Mar 11, 2020
The influenza pandemic of 1918, known as the Spanish Flu, was one of the deadliest and widespread pandemics in human history. The scale of the outbreak, as well as limitations in technology, medicine and communication, create difficulties when trying to uncover accurate figures relating to the pandemic. Estimates suggest that the virus, known as the H1N1 influenza virus, infected more than one quarter of the global population, which equated to approximately 500 million people in 1920. It was responsible for roughly 25 million fatalities, although some projections suggest that it could have caused double this number of deaths. The exact origins of this strain of influenza remain unclear to this day, however it was first noticed in Western Europe in the latter stages of the First World War.

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[mossrose]

Sorry for the typo 1917-1920 pandemic.

Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102387/life-expectancy-by-country-during-spanish-flu/#:~:text=The%20influenza%20pandemic%20of%201918,widespread%20pandemics%20in%20human%20history.

Life expectancy during the Spanish Flu pandemic 1917-1920
Published by Aaron O'Neill, Mar 11, 2020
The influenza pandemic of 1918, known as the Spanish Flu, was one of the deadliest and widespread pandemics in human history. The scale of the outbreak, as well as limitations in technology, medicine and communication, create difficulties when trying to uncover accurate figures relating to the pandemic. Estimates suggest that the virus, known as the H1N1 influenza virus, infected more than one quarter of the global population, which equated to approximately 500 million people in 1920. It was responsible for roughly 25 million fatalities, although some projections suggest that it could have caused double this number of deaths. The exact origins of this strain of influenza remain unclear to this day, however it was first noticed in Western Europe in the latter stages of the First World War.

© Copyright Original Source

I know it was unintentional.