Maybe America’s “economy” was a lot stronger back then.
1918 was the end of WWII and America was going to enter the “Roaring Twenties”.
1958 was the height if the post-war 50’s. Only one income was needed for a prosperous lifestyle.
In both cases, America’s economy largely centered around itself.
Today, we apparently can’t have prosperity unless Uyghur slaves are doing our production under a totalitarian, anti-religious government.
This is just common sense. We’ve already seen that businesses that open, even “illegally”, have customers. The economy is suffering because Democrats have stopped the flow of commerce and NOT because there aren’t people that want their lives back.
Hint: People fear death
[From article] The 1957–58 pandemic was such a rapidly spreading disease that it became quickly apparent to U.S. health officials that efforts to stop or slow its spread were futile. Thus, no efforts were made to quarantine individuals or groups, and a deliberate decision was made not to cancel or postpone large meetings such as conferences, church gatherings, or athletic events for the purpose of reducing transmission. No attempt was made to limit travel or to otherwise screen travelers. Emphasis was placed on providing medical care to those who were afflicted and on sustaining the continued functioning of community and health services….there were no reports that major events were canceled or postponed except for high school and college football games, which were often delayed because of the number of players afflicted.
the Asian flu pandemic of 1957-1958 resulted in a estimated 116,000 deaths in America (followed by the Hong Kong flu with about est. 100,000 American deaths in 1968–69), when at about 173,000,000, the population size in 57-58 was close to half of what it is now (330,541,000, rounded figures). Meaning that not only was the infection death rate much higher than for COVID-19, but there would have to be about 200,000 COVID-19 est. deaths to be comparable to the Asian flu. Yet that would simply make it basically equal as concerns the numbers of deaths in proportion to population size, but to justify the "CovidCaptivity," one would have to argue that the Asian flu should have necessitated a response like that to COVID-19. The Soviets would have favored that for sure.
The question then is, where was the COVID-19 comparative response in 57-58 in proportion to its threat? Yes, the 116,000 deaths in America to the Asian flu was for the whole year, yet even if we reach about 200,000 deaths (we pray not) for COVID-19 then that type of equality would still mean that the extremely restrictive all-ages long-term response to COVID-19 simply has no precedent in American history, except to a degree with the far more deadly (550,000 to 675,000 Americans, or 0.66% of the population) 1918 flu.
And yet we read ,
Donald Trump is really gullible.
He should never have listen to Fauci and Birx.
He has said things in past like this:
Trump said he was still “thinking about” appointing a special prosecutor to pursue charges against Clinton because “she did some bad things,” but he said he didn’t want to “hurt” the Clintons because “they’re good people.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-charges-hillary-clinton-lock-up-2016-11
100,000 people died of the flu in the 1968-69 “pandemic” in the US when the population was only about 200,000,000. I don’t remember any lock downs.
100,000 people died of the flu in the 1968-69 “pandemic” in the US when the population was only about 200,000,000. I don’t remember any lock downs.