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Re:Programming in the Apocalypse by tasuki on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @02:20AM (#31566625)
Wikipedia says 0.1-0.3% global population lost [0]. It would have been perhaps 0.5% without any response whatsoever. That's still insignificant compared to all the other pandemics, which seem to often kill 20-50% of the regional population.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics

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Re:Programming in the Apocalypse by boringg on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:43AM (#31569387)
Well I think that's using an assumption that if we had greater exposure (ie less public health measures/vaccines) for the virus it wouldn't mutate and cause more damage than it did in its current form and causing a step change in in impact.

Also wikipedia in and of itself is not a high quality source.

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