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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Also, this pandemic was caused by the interconnectedness of modern society (which I'm not arguing is a bad thing, more that it just comes with consequences), so the idea of imagining an alternate reality without it is kind of insulting. Things will not magically be back to normal afterwards, since that normal is what caused the pandemic in the first place.

I mean, sure, but worth noting the interconnectedness leading to disease has been going on for a long time.

The Black Plague in Europe was most likely brought from global trade routes from China.

After Spain made first contact in the Americas, an estimated 90% of the indigenous population died of disease. In fact, so many people died that year that it was theorized to have caused global cooling:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47063973

I'm not sure how far back you would need to go to be in a pre-global trade era of the world, but...probably really far back.

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