Disruption from Spanish Flu was short-lived, and yes the damage caused is from the lockdown, not the pandemic. In the worst-affected areas (except maybe on smal

Disruption from Spanish Flu was short-lived, and yes the damage caused is from the lockdown, not the pandemic. In the worst-affected areas (except maybe on small city level), the deaths are still a blip. If there was no media circus around it, everybody would still be mostly unaware; any kind of reaction would just be starting now with some areas having issues in hospitals, and even then judging by how people ignored the lockdown in Seattle when it was partial, it wouldn't be as bad as now. Then, by CA govt's own admission in the worst case they'd be near herd immunity (iirc they listed 56% infected) in 8 weeks. That includes the times where the deaths are still a blip compared to flu, and hospitals are not overwhelmed. So let's say 5 weeks of panic. And then that's it.