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by arcticbull 2282 days ago
A lot of economic damage, over 4.4 million cows were slaughtered [1]

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45906585
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brodouevencode 2282 days ago
Comparatively small. Estimates are that cost about $5.7b USD over the course of 5 years[0]. Conservative estimates are that it's going to cost $2.7t USD, and that was from before it was labeled a pandemic. [1]

[0] https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/37404/11780_ld... [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-pandemic...

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himinlomax 2282 days ago
All restaurants, museums, bars, cinemas, gyms, airlines and so on are currently closed in Europe.

The economic damage is going to be at least a 1000 times worse.

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arcticbull 2280 days ago
I wasn't comparing it to nCoV-19, I stated it was a lot of damage in absolute terms.
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