Starvation, thirst and exposure would be the initial big killer- how many people in developed nations live where food simply cannot be grown, water collected, or dwellings heated & cooled without power?
After that, the resurgence of diseases & afflictions we don't think of normally: vitamin C deficiency (aka scurvy), diarrhea, flu, colera, etc., would wipe out hundreds of millions or billions within a year or two.
I'd be surprised to find a world like in this show had a globsl population over 100M- about what it was when America was discovered.
After that, the resurgence of diseases & afflictions we don't think of normally: vitamin C deficiency (aka scurvy), diarrhea, flu, colera, etc., would wipe out hundreds of millions or billions within a year or two.
I'd be surprised to find a world like in this show had a globsl population over 100M- about what it was when America was discovered.