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by harpastum 2292 days ago
Today's XKCD is a direct response to this line of thinking: https://xkcd.com/2278/

Just because something hasn't happened yet does not mean it's completely unpredictable. COVID-19 is coming, and if we don't put significant preventative measures in place, many more people will die from it in 2020 than the yearly flu.