# Infographic: The History of Pandemics, by Death Toll

<https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/>

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- Saved: March 19, 2020 (2020-03-20T01:31:09Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Okay, first, this infographic is using 3D effects and far too much design which has the [Edward Tufte](https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/) voice in my head being very skeptical about the data. But let's ignore that for a moment, and just observe the Bubonic Plague.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT140: Weekly Thing #140 / Conversations, Leadership, Remote, iPad](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/140/), Recommended Links

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/