Coronavirus has reaffirmed the scientific method as the most powerful way of thinking.
If we simply compare 1918 Spanish Flue epidemic, we find that about
500 million were infected and
50 million died.
In contrast to that, 100 years later in 2020, an equally powerful virus COVID-19, only caused
7.27 million infections and just
413,000 deaths. So, in just 100 years, science reduced the number of deaths from major worldwide epidemics by
121 times.
It is seldom brought to public knowledge that after science suppressed primitive religious thinking financial wealth of nations increased 4,000% in just 300 years in comparison with previous 14,000 years. Science increased financial wealth by both creating more things to sell and more ways to sell.
It is seldom brought to public knowledge that after science suppressed primitive religious thinking financial wealth of nations increased 4,000% in just 300 years. Science both created more things to sell and more ways to sell.
As well, COVID-19 epidemic had shown that scientifically uneducated populist politicians are a downright threat to society, with Donald Trump's "common-sense" suggestion that infected people should inhale disinfectant and Brasilian PM suppressing critical statistics figures to hide his inability to handle the crisis. It is time to make it mandatory for majority of seats in parliament/congress to be taken by politicians with a scientific background. Dumb politicians will only over-promise and under-deliver.
Here are the sources:
1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus) | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC
" ... The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States. "
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