Name: What If We Had a Worldwide Pandemic?
Uploaded: 2020-03-16T00:27:43.000Z
Duration: 7 min 1 s
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This is what's known as a global pandemic.

and killed an estimated 50 million people.

So before we start completely freaking out

you can take a bit of comfort in knowing this

most likely doesn't mean the end of civilization.

But that doesn't mean there won't be consequences.

But keep in mind those aren't guaranteed to happen.

The main thing about these influenza strains

is that they can be carried through the air.

You might not even feel the symptoms of influenza right away.

This means you'd be interacting with people as usual

In addition to the world's population being much higher,

having over 76,000 people per square mile.

it means we can infect each other more easily.

can quickly bring it to the other side of the world.

and entire countries could be quarantined.

we might not even be able to leave our homes

it's unlikely hospitals would be able to care for everyone.

If we're dealing with a pandemic that spreads the same way as the Spanish flu did,

anywhere between 200 to 425 million deaths.

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What If We Had a Worldwide Pandemic?

assume

eventually

scenario

pandemic