Post by gameboy on Oct 2, 2020 0:20:04 GMT
They reference two ancient plagues in the Roman Empire and of course the Bubonic Plague in Medieval Europe. Those plagues killed a quarter to a third of the population. To compare COVID to those is silly.
The death rate for those infected with COVID is not even 1%, not to mention the majority who are never infected.
They claim it gives China an edge and spells doom for democracy? Did a Chinaman write this? Their premise is absurd.
They aren't comparing COVID with those plagues.
None of this is to argue that the still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will have similarly earth-shattering outcomes. The mortality rate of COVID-19 is nothing like that of the plagues discussed above, and therefore the consequences may not be as seismic.
But there are some indications that they could be.
But there are some indications that they could be.