I think it could be argued that if it wasn't for 9/11 the world would be at a very different place right now and even if the pandemic had hit just the same, the

I think it could be argued that if it wasn't for 9/11 the world would be at a very different place right now and even if the pandemic had hit just the same, the reaction of the US and its allies might have been very different. The War on Terror took its toll on much of the world. I don't think the pandemic would have played out exactly the same way in a world without 9/11. However I think it's worth pointing out that to much of the world "9/11" is not just about the terror attacks but also the immediate aftermath and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. It's more of a period of time than a specific moment. Some of those things happened on the day itself, some in the days immediately after, some only months later.