I wonder just how meaningful comparisons between 1918 and 2020 can be.
World population in 1918, around 1.8 billion
World population in 2020 7.7 billion
Industrial and vehicle pollution in 1918, almost non existent
In 2020, Industrial pollution, thousands of tons per year
Transportation, thousands of tons per year.
1918 Heart disease, diabetics, cancer and obesity all minimal.
2020 all at crisis levels.
1918 diet, mostly organic.
2020, so laced with man made chemicals the labeling a product as organic warrants doubling the price.
I wonder what the Spanish flu would do in today's world if it appeared for the first time in 2020.
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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
George Bernard Shaw
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