[ExI] Dodged the bullet maybe

[Keith Henson]

Stuart LaForge <avant at sollegro.com> write:

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> More to Keith Henson's original point, however, I am positively grateful that thanks to science, technology, and communication we have decent odds to actually CONTAIN a plague of biblical proportions.

We are not out of the woods yet.  The situation in China may be
controlled, but there is still worry about India, South America, and
sub-Saharan Africa where they have weak health systems.

> One that a mere 30 years ago, when I was high school student, could have easily killed fully a third of the world.

That's still possible.  HIV spread to tens of millions.

Keith