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I agree it is nothing new, but that's the point being made, which is that plagues cause discontinuities with societies - they are a driver of change. And that w
by gilbetron 5y ago
I agree it is nothing new, but that's the point being made, which is that plagues cause discontinuities with societies - they are a driver of change. And that will happen here, too. People will go back to being people, I agree, but just different people, in some ways :)
Also, I have thought about the generational divide part, and tell me son that he'll be telling his kids and grandkids about what it was like to live through covid!
- benjaminwootton 5y agoDoes it count as a plague when the average age of death is greater than the average life expectancy? Maybe these long term changes were less necessary than the previous ones.
- gilbetron 5y agoOver 150,000 people under the age of 65 died. It spared the young, fortunately, but that doesn't affect it's classification as a "plague".