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Test19s t1_j4qw2kb wrote

Yeah, and unfortunately STDs are a much bigger deal among us than them (although that might be a numbers issue). There were years during the AIDS pandemic that more people died from making love than making war iirc.

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2legittoquit t1_j4rdr4w wrote

Post a link for that, where more people died from AIDS than war.

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Test19s t1_j4rew7r wrote

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GrueneBuche t1_j4rq0vt wrote

#In 2020 690 000 aids related deaths according to the pdf from unaids.

49 000 deaths due to state based conflicts according to the graph on ourworldindata.

other sources

Ourworldindata also has a page on HIV/AIDS which mentions 890 000 deaths in 2019.

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Rapscallious1 t1_j4sxlko wrote

I do think people tend to think too broadly about evolutionary factors. It’s likely a very small amount of factors that drive the changes. Current humans definitely seem to be most susceptible to health issues so that’s probably a huge driver in general. It may not always seem that way but things are generally peaceful enough to procreate. Unfortunately being smart ceased to be a key factor a few society models ago also.

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