Agreed, though in this case it's more like smoking, or exposing yourself to a large dose of radiation, because there's a latency in between the event (Brexit vo

Agreed, though in this case it's more like smoking, or exposing yourself to a large dose of radiation, because there's a latency in between the event (Brexit vote) and the ultimate outcome. Just because you don't develop cancer the very next day doesn't mean you won't suffer long-term health consequences[0]. Likewise, just because the outlook two months later doesn't look dire, that doesn't mean the UK won't suffer long-term economic consequences from the vote. (The disease analogy breaks down when you also factor in the uncertainty around whether Article 50 would even be invoked after the vote, or the uncertainty around what the ultimate outcome of the exit negotiations will be.) [0] Likewise, just because you develop cancer, that doesn't exactly mean that you got it because of that exposure either.