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Re:Ayn Rand Institute accepts $1m PPP loan from The State by beaner on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @07:10PM (#23765283)
Yes, the Spanish flu infected 1/3 of the world and resulted in 50 million deaths. It's possible covid-19 will get there as well but we're not anywhere close to that yet.
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Re:Ayn Rand Institute accepts $1m PPP loan from The State by sudosysgen on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @08:01PM (#23765655)
The Spanish flu had absolutely massive economic effects that would have undoubtedly led to a massive crisis if it wasn't for a minor event called World War One.

And the places that recovered economically the quickest are those that locked down more and earlier.

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Re:Ayn Rand Institute accepts $1m PPP loan from The State by sp332 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @07:20PM (#23765369)
But in that case, cities that shut down earlier recovered more quickly. http://news.mit.edu/2020/pandemic-health-response-economic-r...
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