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LonePirate

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7. Killing a 100 million - 1 billion people is still very harmful even if the species survives.
Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #5)
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 11:37 AM
Jan 2020

That is certainly possible with a bad mutation. It is unlikely but not impossible.

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As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2020 OP
More than 80,000 people died from the flu last season in U.S. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #1
Flu virus swap DNA immediately. There's no wiping out the infinite permutations of it. ancianita Jan 2020 #3
Impossible! Iwasthere Jan 2020 #8
Yesterday, I was reading about a super spreader dewsgirl Jan 2020 #2
We definitely need to watch this as one unlucky mutation can spell deep trouble for our species. LonePirate Jan 2020 #4
Natural viruses wiping out the entire species is unlikely especially since there are still some cstanleytech Jan 2020 #5
Well that's encouraging. I think (?) YOHABLO Jan 2020 #6
Killing a 100 million - 1 billion people is still very harmful even if the species survives. LonePirate Jan 2020 #7
This is why I hate nukes clayton72 Jan 2020 #11
Except then you have the area around Chernobyl where life like plants and animals are cstanleytech Jan 2020 #16
We have a population of 7 billion though so we could survive as a species even if 6 billion were cstanleytech Jan 2020 #14
Wiping out a high percentage of a population causes severe cultural damage csziggy Jan 2020 #17
I often wish that the disease problem had worked the other way. Coventina Jan 2020 #20
Antyhing that would have killed Europeans would have wiped out Asia and Africa, too csziggy Jan 2020 #22
Tx for the link. *Syphillis was first recorded in Europe in 1494. appalachiablue Jan 2020 #23
I never said knowledge would not be lost just that the species would likely survive. cstanleytech Jan 2020 #21
Meh, we've vastly overstayed our welcome on this planet. Coventina Jan 2020 #9
I tend to agree, grumpy old misanthrope that I am ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #12
Hey Mr. L! Yeah, the older I get, the more I hate my species. Coventina Jan 2020 #13
Yup! mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #15
Cats would miss us csziggy Jan 2020 #18
LOL! Thanks for the chuckle! Coventina Jan 2020 #19
Is tRump planning a visit to China? FarPoint Jan 2020 #10
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