> This is a "bury the dead and go on" situation. > The US hasn't faced one of those since WWII. That's just incorrect. The US has faced this every year (by

> This is a "bury the dead and go on" situation. > The US hasn't faced one of those since WWII. That's just incorrect. The US has faced this every year (by percentage), since it's inception. Hundreds of thousands of people die of disease every year of cancer. Not just disease. Tens of thousands by car for most of the 20th century. The hyperbole that COVID-19 can be considered historically notable, is in the scale and type (optional, changing recommendations, etc) of social measures that have been taken.