It's amazing how many died between WW1 and Spanish Flu in a relatively short period of time.

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Apr 2, 2020
10:20:36am

Pete Office Linebacker

It's amazing how many died between WW1 and Spanish Flu in a relatively short period of time.

WW1: about 40 million deaths (1 out of every 48 people on earth)
Spanish Flu: 1 out of 3 people caught it and 50M died (1 out of every 36 humans)

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It's amazing how many died between WW1 and Spanish Flu in a relatively short period of time.

Pete Office Linebacker

4/2/20 10:20am

Just imagine how many people would be on earth now were it not for warfare and epidemics

Indy Coug

4/2/20 10:21am

I got pretty much the same number: I lack imagination

TomPetty

4/2/20 10:31am

Yet events like the Penn Relays continued

ABCoug

4/2/20 10:22am

and despite all that

Sea Chicken

4/2/20 10:24am

RE: and despite all that

ABCoug

4/2/20 10:29am

Then think about the probable 26M that died in Russia during WWII just 20-25 years later

Bonoman

4/2/20 10:23am

And add in deaths in China (Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, etc)

DC12

4/2/20 10:28am

yup when you look at events like that it makes this one seem pretty minor

franklyvulgar

4/2/20 10:45am

Just goes to show you that society can bounce back from major hits. We will

tevye

4/2/20 10:42am

Serbia lost about 25% of its entire population from those two.

SpiffCoug

4/2/20 10:48am

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