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fergal_reid on April 17, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft ...

Yeah - actually worse than wartime level, for a lot of wars.

If you look at economic indictors for ww2 for the UK or USA they are actually less bad, less sudden, than this lockdown.

Also if you think about the restrictions placed and the number of people affected.

watwut on April 17, 2020 [–]

When you look at countries where front was, it looks different. It is quite cherry picking to pick the best off countties. One of then had no war on its soil (and earned finacially overall).

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