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Pandemics of this scale of infection rate, hospitalizations, and deaths?

• beaner 6y ago
  Yes, the Spanish flu infected 1/3 of the world and resulted in 50 million deaths. It's possible covid-19 will get there as well but we're not anywhere close to that yet.
  • sp332 6y ago
    But in that case, cities that shut down earlier recovered more quickly. http://news.mit.edu/2020/pandemic-health-response-economic-recovery-0401 http://news.mit.edu/2020/pandemic-health-response-economic-r...
  • sudosysgen 6y ago
    The Spanish flu had absolutely massive economic effects that would have undoubtedly led to a massive crisis if it wasn't for a minor event called World War One. And the places that recovered economically the quickest are those that locked down more and earlier.