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Sunday, April 17, 2022

Top 10 most deadly epidemics

This post is a list of the top 10 deadliest epidemics. Source: Wikipedia

1. Black Death: 75 - 200 million (1346-1353)
2. Spanish flu: 17 - 100 million (1918-1920)
3. Plague of Justinian: 15 - 100 million (541-5449 AD)
4. HIV/AIDS epidemic: 36 million (1981 - present)
5. COVID-19 pandemic: 6.2 - 24 million (2019 - present)
6. Third plague pandemic: 12 - 15 million (1855-1960)
7. Cocoliztli epidemic: 5 - 15 million (1545-1548)
8. Antonine Plague: 5 - 10 million (165-180 AD)
9. Mexico smallpox epidemic: 5 - 8 million (1519-1520)
10. Russia typhus epidemic: 2 - 3 million (1918-1922)

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