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Re:Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Intervention... by guscost on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:30PM (#22699085)
> I don't think a bad seasonal flu overwhelms the local hospitals.

Happens all the time, most recently during the 2017-2018 season in parts of the US: https://time.com/5107984/hospitals-handling-burden-flu-patie...

Also keep in mind that COVID-19 would be quite a bit more contagious than the flu (so it would spread more rapidly) if this theory is correct.

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