AS of March 2021, COVID-19 has killed more than 2.5 million people. It’s brought on a dramatic economic downfall, a mental health crisis, and has generally just put the world on pause. But we don’t have to look far back in history to see how much worse it could have been.
Smallpox was twice as contagious as COVID-19, and over 60 times as deadly. It plagued humanity for centuries, left many survivors blinded and covered in scars, and killed hundreds of millions of people in the 20th century alone.
However, smallpox has been eradicated today. Through a massive global effort, we were able to wipe the disease completely out of existence.
So, can we do the same thing with COVID-19?
