USA: First Country to Surpass 5 Million covid 19 cases!

[Write4U]

Just did quick extrapolation of today's COVID-19 stats about America

COVID-19 will take about 23 years to eliminate everyone in good ol' USofA

Ummmmm or

We would not be the first species to go extinct, nor the last.

Holocene extinction

"Sixth Extinction" redirects here. For other uses, see Sixth Extinction (disambiguation).

The dodo became extinct during the mid-to-late 17th century due to habitat destruction, hunting, and predation by introduced mammals.[1] It is an often-cited example of modern extinction.[2]

The Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction, is an ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch (with the more recent time sometimes called Anthropocene) as a result of human activity.[3][4][5]

The included extinctions span numerous families of plants[6] and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. With widespread degradation of highly biodiverse habitats such as coral reefs and rainforests, as well as other areas, the vast majority of these extinctions are thought to be undocumented, as the species are undiscovered at the time of their extinction, or no one has yet discovered their extinction. The current rate of extinction of species is estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than natural background extinction rates.[4][7][8][9][10][11]

The Holocene extinction includes the disappearance of large land animals known as megafauna, starting at the end of the last glacial period. Megafauna outside of the African mainland (thus excluding Madagascar), which did not evolve alongside humans, proved highly sensitive to the introduction of new predation, and many died out shortly after early humans began spreading and hunting across the Earth[12][13] (many African species have also gone extinct in the Holocene, but – with few exceptions – megafauna of the mainland was largely unaffected until a few hundred years ago).[14] These extinctions, occurring near the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary, are sometimes referred to as the Quaternary extinction event.

The most popular theory is that human overhunting of species added to existing stress conditions as the extinction coincides with human emergence. Although there is debate regarding how much human predation affected their decline, certain population declines have been directly correlated with human activity, such as the extinction events of New Zealand and Hawaii. Aside from humans, climate change may have been a driving factor in the megafaunal extinctions, especially at the end of the Pleistocene.

Ecologically, humanity has been noted as an unprecedented "global superpredator"[15] that consistently preys on the adults of other apex predators, and has worldwide effects on food webs. There have been extinctions of species on every land mass and in every ocean: there are many famous examples within Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, North and South America, and on smaller islands.

Overall, the Holocene extinction can be linked to the human impact on the environment. The Holocene extinction continues into the 21st century, with meat consumption, overfishing, and ocean acidification and the decline in amphibian populations[16] being a few broader examples of a cosmopolitan decline in biodiversity. Human population growth and increasing per capita consumption are considered to be the primary drivers of this decline.[11][17][18][19]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

 

[Michael 345]

We would not be the first species to go extinct, nor the last.

USA Americans not exactly a species

If we can build a waterproof Trump wall all around (exclude Hawaii) and fill with disinfectant, leave a couple of years hold lottery for what remains

 

[Write4U]

USA Americans not exactly a species

I would say that of the human species the USA Americans may well be considered the most virulent and invasive.