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Originally posted by NoCarrier
May I remind you that the spanish flu death rate was approx 5%
And the WHO think the death rate for the SARS is around 3-5% but it could be higher.
10 to 20% of people infected will *need* a respirator to survive.
If the spanish flu happened today, around 69 million people would die.
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And if it wasn't SARS, or Spanish Flu, it would be something else. It's nature cleaning house. There is ALWAYS some bad disease, some horrible illness that's poised to destroy humanity. It was just never as publicized before. Hell even 30 years ago nobody would have given a shit and it would all have gone away.. Or it would have killed a bunch of people. Only difference is people are more out "in the world" today so they're more likely to be in contact with infected people. In essence, it's our own society that has caused these epidemics, if you think about it.