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by arcticbull 2283 days ago
The bubonic plague killed 50% of infected and the septicemic plague killed 100%.

This one is trending towards 0.6%-0.1% so you can see why the response may not be the same given the 3 orders of magnitude lower estimated fatality rate. Yeah it’s serious but don’t kid yourself, it’s not the plague.

For instance I don’t think the UK would be contemplating just giving it to everyone young enough if it were to kill half to all of them. I don’t recall Thanos getting elected prime minister.