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SpecificFail t1_iyp96f0 wrote

Reply to comment by DippStarr in Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu – The public health interventions massively reduced disease transmission and mortality without depressing economic activity. by smurfyjenkins

Sadly true. Mitigation would have worked, but those in power used it as a way to award political favors, line their own pockets, and cause social disruption for their own gain. There's a reason why certain groups were so heavily invested in spreading misinformation, it was making them rich while drawing it out as long as possible.

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