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And by post #5 the faithful have called foul "The left would attempt to crucify Trump if we lost 140,000 Americans to Covid-19"
He would only be hung out to dry if he declared himself a Wartime President, declared he was in charge (depending on the day/week) or ignored obvious warnings for several weeks why conditions diminished. Other than that he would probably be trying to figure out how to make a buck off the kids...
n my lifetime, there was another deadly flu epidemic in the United States. The flu spread from Hong Kong to the United States, arriving December 1968 and peaking a year later. It ultimately killed 100,000 people in the U.S., mostly over the age of 65, and one million worldwide....
Yes, it was a flu, and it is believed to have been brought to US by troops returning from Vietnam, where it was widespread (also in Hong Kong, and mainland China). It was considered 'worse than usual' flu-season, although it qualifies as a pandemic, since it spread to multiple continents.
As to why poster Andywire brought up Trump and "the left", I have no idea.
Not sure if it is related, but the market also tumbled about 35% or so from 1968 to 1970.
That is interesting though. As for Woodstock, from the little bit I could find on it, that flu was mostly gone from the US by early 1969. So, could be by the time the summer rolled around it was a distant memory.
I wasn't around back then.
One thing worth pointing out though, the life expectancy of US citizens was significantly lower in 1968 than today in 2020. Only 10% of the population was over 65. That's about 20M citizens in that age range that was most vulnerable. That flu claimed 1 in every 2000 US citizens.
In 2020, 16% of the population is over 65 which is about 52M citizens. With a higher life expectancy, even more are 80+ than back in 1968.
If back in the 1800s there was a virus that had a 100% mortality rate for anyone 90+ but there weren't many people 90+, so it wouldn't even be on the radar.
I expect people are going to have a lot of regrets for how we handled this pandemic. Shutting down just about everything on such a massive scale is a new concept. Everyone thought it was the right thing to do at the time. Quite likely we will never try this again until we're absolutely sure it makes sense.
Here's the rub with that. By the time you know enough to know it's absolutely necessary, it's too late to do it.
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