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by GDC7 1648 days ago
> Hopefully we can then compare COVID to the season flu on any large media outlet

It will never happen, humans take more and more to recover from traumatic events and people who claim that it's time to put the traumatic event behind our back and go on with our lives are singled out as irresponsible .

See the 2008 financial crisis, we are still doing QE, Fed balance sheet would never go back to normal , we have scam companies worth hundreds of billions and perhaps the most scammy one just went above a trillion in financial value with no real tangible product presence in a market in which commands a 1% presence.

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I guess it depends on the person, but this doesn't square with what I see, and I live in what's considered a very liberal area with relatively strict mandates. People are going to bars & clubs, eating out, holiday shopping, etc. Even people who are being more cautious right now are itching to get out and do stuff. I think we'll recover just fine.