Contagion
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According to Wikipedia, the Black Death killed between 75 and 200 million people (out of about 450 million). It was spread by lovely flees who inhabited black rats and had an easier way to commute. The population of the planet was significantly lower. Now it's over seven billion people.
It is more than probable that the world at some point will be hit by a disease there's no cure for in the first place. Now that the distance is smaller due to plains, trains, and cars, the time of contagion can be cut to weeks, days, even hours. Remember that time when one of your relatives sold you the stomach flu, boasting about the fact that it was terrible (it went both ways and prevented him from leaving his flat for days) and he's now perfectly fine. A few days later you are hit with the same stomach flu and you suffer just the same. The warm feelings towards your benefactor are now less warm. Apparently, even though cured himself, he could still infect with the disease. Imagine a scenario when one virus causes the death of many. Imagine an uninhibited spread of a disease that turns the current world upside down just as The Black Death revolutionized Europe almost seven hundred years ago. Contagion.
It is more than probable that the world at some point will be hit by a disease there's no cure for in the first place. Now that the distance is smaller due to plains, trains, and cars, the time of contagion can be cut to weeks, days, even hours. Remember that time when one of your relatives sold you the stomach flu, boasting about the fact that it was terrible (it went both ways and prevented him from leaving his flat for days) and he's now perfectly fine. A few days later you are hit with the same stomach flu and you suffer just the same. The warm feelings towards your benefactor are now less warm. Apparently, even though cured himself, he could still infect with the disease. Imagine a scenario when one virus causes the death of many. Imagine an uninhibited spread of a disease that turns the current world upside down just as The Black Death revolutionized Europe almost seven hundred years ago. Contagion.
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