Atheris wrote:Vellandorra wrote:So what about 1300-1796? Not counting people weren't vaccined until much later...
The Black Death, which wiped out 2/3s of Europe, approximately 11% of the estimated global population at that time. The Columbian Exchange, which drove the Amerindians to near-extinction. The Great Plague of London, which killed 20% of its population in 1665. The cholera vaccine didn't exist until 1885, and between its first emergence in 1817 and that time it killed approximately 2,423,536 people (using estimates on Wikipedia).
Only 11%??? 20%??? I expected more...
You also seem to forget hygiene was worse at the time.
Also have outbreaks disappeared today now that many are vaccinated?