The 12 deadliest viruses on Earth

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The 12 deadliest viruses on Earth
(sourced from website livescience)

• [*=1]Marburg, identified in 1967
  [*=1]Ebola, 1976
  [*=1]Rabies, vaccines for pets introduced in the 1920's
  [*=1]HIV, early 1980's
  [*=1]Smallpopx, first vaccine in the late 1700s
  [*=1]Hantavirus, Navajo Indians linked it to mice
  [*=1]Influenza, 1918
  [*=1]Dengue, 1950's
  [*=1]Rotavirus
  [*=1]SARS-CoV, 2002
  [*=1]SARS-CoV-2, 2019, Causes the disease termed COVID-19
  [*=1]MERS-CoV, 2012

The article, w/details, is at the livescience website, recommended.
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[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

Of course it is not recent but I am still surprised Plague isn't on the list .

[not2big Senior Super ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close not2big]

It is estimated small pox killed over 500 million people over the past 100 years.

[CriticalMass Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CriticalMass]

Of course it is not recent but I am still surprised Plague isn't on the list .

That's because plague is bacterial (Yersinia pestis), not viral.