116,000 Americans lost their lives due to the Asian Flu of 1958

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116,000 Americans lost their lives due to the Asian Flu of 1958

Author: MarkHarman (7393 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:16 am on Mar 30, 2020

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Which translates to over 300,000 today. We barely did anything different back then. Almost like, "let the chips fall where they may."

At some point, aren't we going to have to do that ourselves?

Replies to: "116,000 Americans lost their lives due to the Asian Flu of 1958"

What are we doing to ourselves? - MarkHarman - 7:34am 3/30/20 (25) [View All]
- 116,000 Americans lost their lives due to the Asian Flu of 1958 - MarkHarman - 10:16am 3/30/20
  - It will be way more than 300K if we go back to businesses as normal. - ND_in_DRO - 6:17pm 3/30/20
    - It’s amazing when even Trump gets it better than posters like Mark. [NT] - Frank L - 7:34pm 3/30/20
  - Sure. Obviously, we will have to get back to work at some point. - LehighND - 11:48am 3/30/20
  - So what do you propose? Just open everything up? Models are suggesting 100K ON TOP of the - Frank L - 11:41am 3/30/20
  - You must be seriously fucked right now. [NT] - LanceHarbor - 10:17am 3/30/20
    - Seems like everyone who has a different opinion from yours is "a little off" or "fucked right now". [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:43am 3/30/20
      - For MH I meant monetarily. - LanceHarbor - 11:51am 3/30/20
    - Pointing out facts - not wanted [NT] - Hank Scorpio - 10:40am 3/30/20
      - You really don’t think all of us aren’t aware of the economic cost of this? - Frank L - 12:11pm 3/30/20
- I think you should post this a few more times. [NT] - LanceHarbor - 9:19am 3/30/20
- Mark - you may have confused Conor, there wasn't a WaPo article linked - TampaIrish - 8:43am 3/30/20
- Please direct your question to those who voted for this predicament. - conorlarkin - 8:24am 3/30/20
  - Take solace... - iairishcheeks - 11:08am 3/30/20
  - I rest my case. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:38am 3/30/20
- I'm with you and I fear that we are afraid to make or even discuss - 86domer - 8:14am 3/30/20
  - Re: I'm with you and I fear that we are afraid to make or even discuss - MarkHarman - 10:12am 3/30/20
- You’re right. The Left will make sure it’s the latter if it means following Trump. This is the - BaronVonZemo - 8:10am 3/30/20
  - What the holy hell? - Rooney - 8:20am 3/30/20
    - Baron used to be more normal. - LanceHarbor - 9:16am 3/30/20
    - Truth hurts, but I am only stating the obvious. The solution to the problem Mark points out is - BaronVonZemo - 8:36am 3/30/20
- Biggest issue is in panic times people don't act rationally. I believe millions will stop paying - PBHangingChad - 8:08am 3/30/20
- Calm down. WWII was a far greater crisis and we pulled out of that stronger than ever. - Curly1918 - 7:45am 3/30/20
  - Cause they were tough. Not a bunch of Nancy boys. - Frank L - 1:57pm 3/30/20
    - That's a dandy post. [NT] - jimbasil - 2:08pm 3/30/20