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Mad cow could hardly be called a pandemic. A whopping 231 total cases. It caused a little economic damage and comparatively no human damage.

• arcticbull 7y ago
  A lot of economic damage, over 4.4 million cows were slaughtered [1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45906585 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45906585
  • brodouevencode 7y ago
    Comparatively small. Estimates are that cost about $5.7b USD over the course of 5 years[0]. Conservative estimates are that it's going to cost $2.7t USD, and that was from before it was labeled a pandemic. [1] [0] https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/37404/11780_ldpm17001.pdf?v=0 https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/37404/11780_ld... [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-pandemic-global-economic-risk/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-pandemic...
  • himinlomax 7y ago
    All restaurants, museums, bars, cinemas, gyms, airlines and so on are currently closed in Europe. The economic damage is going to be at least a 1000 times worse.
    • arcticbull 7y ago
      I wasn't comparing it to nCoV-19, I stated it was a lot of damage in absolute terms.