Escobar wrote:Limbs wrote:Escobar wrote:
As someone who has studied and written about plague history, I can maybe either reassure or....scare people lol? Hopefully not but hear me out here. The current pandemic will not only just last two years. That's simply wrong.
If you look at the actual plague timeline in genereal the fist written evidence of an outbreak dates back in 1338 in central asia. The plague then spreads to different countries (due to merchants, trades, ships etc) and around 1352 most countries are affected by it. (Bubonic plague - also known as the black death) It was basically just like the current virus : spread through trade, tourism, travels etc
That's a long time, even though the pandemics hit in different waves (why there has been 3 world pandemics)
Europe is actually almost plague free at around 1750., which can be caused by the industrial revolution and the fact that people didn't throw their shit on the streets anymore.
Even though this sounds like shit, we have more resources than around 13-1700. It'll not last as long. but it'll most likely last for more than 4-5 years.
how is this reassuring
literal nightmare what the fuck. i'm not gonna make it
I mean.......10-15 (at times even more) yrs versus around 5, which one do you want?
It's important to keep in mind that countries are doing our best. We live longer, have better hygiene and medical ressources now. So just hang on.
I mean the religious ppl havent started to beat themselves up to avoid the virus yet.
I'm just trying to be realistic here. I don't want to tell people this pandemic will end in a few months.
It will not. 5 years of isolation and restricted mental health treatment is too much