When the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, the COVID-19 epidemic did have a great impact on our lives. Some people think that if the COVID-19 epidemic had happened in ancient times, it might have caused more serious consequences, but in fact, this idea is too simple. I will give a detailed answer from the following points.
COVID-19 epidemic in ancient times would not have more serious consequences.
This truth is very simple, because there are many viruses that we have experienced since ancient times, and COVID-19 can only be said to be the top 10 virus in current history. Many friends have heard of Anthony plague and Black Death, including smallpox virus, which we often mention. These epidemics have brought greater destructive power to mankind. To some extent, we experienced more serious viruses in ancient times.
The population density in ancient society was not that great.
The epidemic situation in COVID-19 can spread rapidly in a short period of time, on the one hand, because of COVID-19's particularly strong spreading ability, and on the other hand, it has a great relationship with population density. Because the population density of our society is extremely high now, COVID-19 has a hotbed of communication. However, if we put it into the ancient society, the population density of the ancient society is actually not that high, so the COVID-19 epidemic may not spread.
The life span of the ancient population was not that long.
We can understand that the COVID-19 epidemic is more harmful to the elderly, because it is difficult for the elderly to recover after being infected with the COVID-19 epidemic, but for young people, the COVID-19 epidemic is less lethal to young people. Because the life span of the ancient population was not that long, few people lived to be over 50 years old. For ancient society, if the COVID-19 epidemic really broke out, the harm to the whole society was not so great, because the number of old people in ancient times determined the number of patients in COVID-19.