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Infesctious vs. Non

Latest comment: 29 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

How can HIV be compared to COVID, the Spanish Flu, et al? There needs to be a clear delineation of transmission in order to define what's a pandemic/epidemic. It's misleading - and frankly absurd - to put the Bubonic plague in the same count as HIV. 45x90 (talk) 21:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

the list is a simple count of cases and fatalities..why complicate it?--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 01:01, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Black Death

Latest comment: 19 days ago4 comments2 people in discussion

Could you please decide how many people died during the Black Death because the info on the list of deadliest epidemics and chronology are contrary to each other? Nagito Komaeda the Second (talk) 09:20, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

By the way provide according references for 1557 influenza pandemic and 1613-16 New Englands epidemic's death tolls because there are either no references or they are contrary to provided death tolls Nagito Komaeda the Second (talk) 09:30, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Antwort

as to your first question please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold (as to your second question.is there a source you had in mind?)--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 16:32, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Antwort

I understand and I will fix it when I'll have time. I simply cannot understand how was it simply allowed for quite some time and no one found it strange. Nagito Komaeda the Second (talk) 18:19, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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