History of the world's deadliest epidemics, from ancient Rome to Covid-19

[packman]

A deep dive into the known historic epidemics and pandemics that resulted in more than one million deaths. Some epidemics are not included because of data uncertainty or availability.





https://thebulletin.org/2023/01/deadliest-pandemics/

[underpants]

1. Very cool website 👍

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Great site...engrossing reading....two common themes that I see.

The spread of commerce and the spread of conquest/colonialism is the main cause of these millions of deaths.

[Hekate]

6. Diseases that might've burned themselves out in one little village back at the dawn, travel w humans

…wherever we go. The more mobile and exploratory we are, the farther diseases can travel as well.

[FakeNoose]

3. I thought the Doomsday Clock was about nuclear holocaust

I didn't realize they were also tracking epidemics. In many ways the terrible pandemics are much scarier.

[Celerity]

8. It is about nuclear war, click on it

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/

[scarletlib]

4. Fascinating article.

[malaise]

5. Fascinating

Rec

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Those Ancient Pandemics! Wow!

2 million dead. Per Biraben's estimate, Japan only had around 5 million prople!
The Antoine killed 5-10 million and around 150 million people worldwide. 5% of the population of earth when world travel was next to nothing. Makes the Black Death seem minor.

[yardwork]

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