Perspective thread.
1- The 1918 Spanish Flu killed 50M people, 675,000 in the U.S.
cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-r…
2- The Spanish Flu killed more U.S. servicemen, by far, than WW1 combat did.
worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/comm…
3- For further perspective, the U.S. death toll from the Spanish Flu was ~675,000.
U.S. deaths from the entirety of WWII was ~420,000.
cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-r…
4- The 2009 Swine Flu killed ~12,500 in the U.S.
It killed hundreds of thousands globally (see estimate range below).
Why wasn't the swine flu called #ObamaVirus ..? 🤔
cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-r…
5- Reminder that President Obama declared a national emergency for the Swine Flu.
Oh, and in 2009 we were also still reeling from the Great Recession.
nytimes.com/2009/10/25/us/…
6- The Swine Flu numbers sound bad, until you put that into perspective with what flu season does every year.
7- For more good perspective, here's a good recent article.
businessinsider.com/what-having-sw…
8- For further good perspective, from the Left no less, here is another good recent article.
slate.com/technology/202…
9- For even more perspective, here's one of my other recent #CoronaVirus "perspective" threads.
10- I'm not minimizing the impact of #CoronaVirus. It's very serious.
But this is also not Armageddon. Chill out and invest in the stock market. It's a "buy" opportunity right now.
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11- Addendum to this morning’s thread.
Another good “Let’s keep things in perspective” article re #CoronaVirus 👇
x.com/barnes_law/sta… x.com/barnes_law/sta…
12- Another addendum to recent thread.
More analysis suggesting #CoronaVirus is closer to a severe flue than a something like SARS.
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