“The COVID-19 death rate per million is about one-fifth that of the 1957-58 Asian flu and one-third that of the 1968-70 Hong Kong flu. Yet these earlier pandemics had only “evanescent economic consequences” and did not “leave any deep, traumatic traces in memories” of the 350 million people who, like Smil (and me), were 10 or older during both. “Countries did not resort to any mass-scale economic lockdowns, enforce any long-lasting school closures, ban sports events, or cut flight schedules deeply,” Smil writes.”
Article direct link:
Lockdown Enthusiasts’ Risk Aversion Is Producing a More Unequal Society
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2020/10/09/lockdown-enthusiasts-risk-aversion-is-producing-a-more-unequal-society-n2577731
FR link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3892038/posts
The explosion of media in the60 ywaes since the Asian flu is a reason for the response to CCPvid. In 57 most people saw 30 minutes of news a day. They read the local paper. Things like the Cold War, the economy, the Civil Rights beginnings, the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn dominated. People dying in hospitals wasn’t news. It was just ordinary life.