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Wellness

Which virus caused the most deadly modern epidemic?

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The most deadly ongoing epidemic to date is AIDS, which is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), seen here attacking a white blood cell. — AFP/US National Institutes of Health

The global death toll from Covid-19, which is set to pass five million, is already far worse than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries.

But there have been notable exceptions.

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