In the last 120 years the population has increased by approximately 6 billion people.
During this time period we experience two world wars, countless other wars, the Spanish flu and the emergence of other killer diseases such as cancer, yet the world’s population continues to rise regardless of the hurdles it has to overcome.
The Spanish flu in relation to the population at that time was the biggest killer, it was estimated to have killed 10 percent of the world’s population and was only contained through strict social distancing rules.
The question that has to be asked now is, are there too many people on the planet for social distancing to be an effective way of fighting the current pandemic?
Will we have to wait until our doctors and scientists discover a vaccine or better still a cure before the world returns back to normality?
I’ll leave you with an interesting question.
Is it more profitable for pharmaceutical companies to come up with medicines to fight viruses than it is for them to come up with medicines that cure them?
My answer is. Although scientists have the ability to break down and analyse every disease that exists, I believe the common cold will be around for a long time to come.
