The DAMAGE to our economy has come almost entirely by the RESPONSE to the virus and continues to this day. It is the lock downs and forced closures of businesses that has destroyed the economy. Tens of thousands of businesses have permanently closed.
None of this would have happened if we would have kept our wits about us and used common sense. We let the commies that saturate our government at every level as well as those in the media instill fear and shame. Notice virtually none of the ones responsible for this hysteria have been harmed by it.
Uhm well, I defended you but, those charts show the reality of everyone’s response to CCP-19.
My response and many others I know started in late February.
That response even showed up in my business with customers putting their signed contracts on hold
It took a hard turn in the 2nd week of February to the point the Chinese New Year Parade, which I was going to attend with a co-worker, just didn’t seem like a good idea given the information we had at the time.
And I luv me some dragons and fireworks.
So, your charts don’t show an economy going off the cliff for any other metric than personal responses to the Kung Flu and then a hard lock down beginning in Mid March by many states.