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Well....Whats our final dead going to be? WW2 was 419K for just the US. We're about halfway there, and it looks like were on the uptick...again in some areas.
and thats a absolute comparison, not a relative % of population comparison.
The death count of the flu is overall greater than WWII as well.
Obviously WWII was exponentially worse with regard to human suffering and hardship.
If you're going to frame it in terms of the economy, though, a pandemic may well be worse than a war. Lots of situations are worse than wars, when it comes to the economies of developed nations, especially if you're not the nation being actively invaded. Wars offer huge opportunities for profit of all sorts.
Everything was rationed during WW2, Meat, sugar, butter, eggs, tires, nylon stockings (irrelevant now) I could go on. Hershey bars. Are we really wanting for anything material?
Everything was rationed during WW2, Meat, sugar, butter, eggs, tires, nylon stockings (irrelevant now) I could go on. Hershey bars. Are we really wanting for anything material?
I had to dip into my toilet paper reserve.
And yeah financial impact wise? This is nothing. We were throwing men and ships into it back then. I worry about economic side effects and the increase in military interactions as a result. But right now were ok.
Life wise....We might be close by the end of this. More older then younger. But lives lost nonetheless. And as long as vaccines show up I think we wont get close to the same loss population wise. Lots of pretty rough ends. I know thats not how I would prefer to go.
But we will also have a lot more with scarring internally and some other damage we're still trying to figure out. It looks like this has some longer effects then we would like.
This is going to be a part of history thats taught. And I know theres going to be some "how could they be so stupid" comments. The answer of course is that its complicated. The information we are able to receive can be influenced in a lot of ways.
Well at least you could go to the movies, visit your family, eat out, go to a ball game with WW2. Escapes from reality. But WW2 dragged on for years with no end at sight for a long time.
Anyone who would choose covid as being worse needs to seek psychological help, because they've been brainwashed. And they also need to be time-teleported to a era when a "medical end of the world scenario" (which many people today seem to think covid is) meant that 60% of the people around you would be dead in a few months... not 0.03%. The problem is that nobody alive today has ever had to face something like smallpox, leprosy, TB, black death, etc, etc with no viable treatment. So now even a common cold seems like a major medical infectious catastrophe to them. Your great, great grandparents had people all around them dying often due to infectious disease. They were able to handle it because they had no choice--no safe spaces; no fidget spinners. We're softer than hell today.
Covid-19 is worse for America. WW2 really do nothing to Americans. I gave people jobs in fact. Young men lined up to sign up so they can go prove their manhood.
America became world super power thanks to WW2. I say WW2 good for America.
Covid-19 is worse for America. WW2 really do nothing to Americans. I gave people jobs in fact. Young men lined up to sign up so they can go prove their manhood.
America became world super power thanks to WW2. I say WW2 good for America.
It's bad all over the world. Some people are angry.
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