This pandemic will probably kill 500,000 to 1m people by October. The last epidemic this big was opium (~1/2m). It killed so many people it shifted the rural electorate to dump Jeb Bush for <mumble, mumble>
ref: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/opinion/coronavirus-trump-response.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
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March 13, 2020