"In 1918, a pale horse appeared – the Spanish flu. A few months later,
some 675,000 Americans were dead. That would be equivalent to about 1.2
million people today.
They coughed and sneezed… their lungs filled… their fevers rose… and
they died.
Cities and local communities coped as best they could. But there was no
panic.
No state of emergency was proclaimed, neither by any state nor by the
national government.
No “shelter in place” orders were given. No face masks were distributed.
No testing programs were put in place. No stores were closed. Nobody
failed to show up for work (unless he was sick).
The only major public health initiative – undertaken in some cities but
not others – was that schools closed early for the summer.
What the authorities didn’t do for citizens’ health, they also didn’t do
for their money.
No “stimulus” was given. No deficit was run. No interest rates were cut.
No emergency spending… no helicopter money… no bailouts.
With no rescue from the federales, the economy must have totally
collapsed… right? Nope. That’s not what happened at all."
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