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by ceilingcorner 1808 days ago
Black Death and Mongol Invasions were probably worse on a per-person basis for those affected than even a realistic nuclear war would be.
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Absolutely not, not even close. 99.9% of the population dying within a few years is not comparable to a disease that killed ~10% of the population and a series of invasions that killed at most a single percent.