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> "Stop it. This is bigger than Brexit." Well, Brexit won't kill anybody (hopefully). But on the other hand, a year from now, the pandemic will be largely for
by Reason077 7y ago
> "Stop it. This is bigger than Brexit."
Well, Brexit won't kill anybody (hopefully).
But on the other hand, a year from now, the pandemic will be largely forgotten. Brexit will still be going on.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoGiven the damage this pandemic has already dealt to the world economy, it's going to be remembered for a long time. It'll join black death and the Spanish flu. Brexit, in comparison, will likely end up as a footnote.
- Reason077 7y agoThe Spanish Flu (H1N1) killed between 3-6% of the entire world's population. Unlike most other flu pandemics, a large portion of the victims were young and healthy adults. You really think Covid-19 is going to be that bad? The Black Death (Bubonic Plague) lasted for decades, killed more than 1/4 of the world's population and set human civilisation back by a century or more. It took more than 200 years for Europe's population to recover to where it was before the pandemic. Many regions never recovered economically, or only recovered centuries later. You really think Covid-19 is going to be that bad?
- TeMPOraL 7y agoYes, I think it'll be as bad as the Spanish flu, just with different age mortality profile.