This is ridiculous. Any economic effect of the 1918 flu is overpowered by the end of WWI. And the 1918 flu was followed by one of the most prosperous periods i

This is ridiculous. Any economic effect of the 1918 flu is overpowered by the end of WWI. And the 1918 flu was followed by one of the most prosperous periods in history: the roaring 20s. The response to the 1918 flu was also not very centralized. Different states and cities did different things, a strategy which is today being deplored by the media and certain segments of the population. Since the response is significantly more centralized today (entire states being shutdown, which has not happened before), I'm not sure you can draw the same conclusions. It's one thing to have one shutdown city in a country full of working cities. It's quite another thing to have them all shut down at the same time, as well as the entire world.