re: Where does this rank among historical global events?

wasn't the Spanish Flu the one that was picking off young healthy men between the ages of 20 and 40? sounds much scarier than this so far.

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For some reason this puts me in mind of the 1980 Gdansk, Poland shipyard strike.

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That actually sounds interesting AF. Guess I'll find a podcast on the topic since all i got right now is time

According to Facebook moms this is going to kill us all if we don’t act. So even if it crashes the economy it’s apparently worth it. I made the mistake of thinking I could use data to prove why this ain’t all that bad compared to the regular flu.

Yea it has.

I wouldn't be surprised if ISIS/Mossad/CIA shift their tactics from bombs and shootings to biowarfare.

Much more effective at inducing mass terror and crippling economies.

It's top 3 in my lifetime. I already had a degree from LSU when 9/11 happened. 9/11, 2008 and in its early stages this in no particular order

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 It will be remembered as a great buying opportunity in the markets

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Absolutely. That is the silver lining in this shitstorm of hysteria. In a few weeks when the Dow drops to 12kish I'm going all in and retiring 10 years early.

I’ve been to places in the Ozarks that make Wuhan look like Shangri-La

Back right before the whole thing really blew up, I got downvoted to hell after saying that I thought this event would be a defining moment in our nation's history, but that it remained to be seen of just how much and in what way. There hasn't been this much general uncertainty regarding concern over our short and long-term humdrum daily living conditions since 9/11.

Full stop: That's an irrefutable fact.

So where will it rank? Newton's Third Law also applies to the continuum that we call "life": On 9/11 the action of the attackers started a chain of events that very much reshaped society into what it is today- especially regarding travel and commerce. The historical reverberations that resulted from that event will be felt until history comes back full circle and repeats itself again. If 9/11 made waves in the time continuum of recent history like it did, then most certainly this event will do the same, but have an even greater impact on the psyche of the citizenry. We will learn from this (and yet we will not), but in what quality and quantity is up for debate- a debate that no one can win because nobody knows.

And to the Rantards who still don't believe this is an actual problem and that I'm fearmongering, I'm not saying that it will affect us and our future way of life because millions will die (but I'm not saying they won't or couldn't), but to think we won't feel the effects of this pandemic in the years to come and in many shapes, forms and fashions, is lunacy.

Take this fabricated scenario for instance: What if it were unveiled that we went through all of this not as much because of a "virus," but more so because of a "conspiracy"? Do you think there wouldn't be a massive grassroots uprising of pissed off citizens, and that the result of their anger wouldn't have a profound effect on our social, health, and especially political and economic way of life going into the future? That the "consequences" of those actions would only be a blip on the radar? And what if that is only a small part of the narrative of this event when it is written in the history books?

This is a huge deal already and it will get bigger- not because of death rates (or maybe because of death rates), but because of the effect it has had on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It's a big deal because it shows just a glimpse of what we are willing to do as a result of our inherent will to live.

Mark my words: If our "reaction to the action" is a sound one, then one thing you will see when this is all over is another renaissance of sorts- a revival of American idealism and "My Country Tis of Thee" values...for a little while, at least, and the tip of the spear will be the things that we all take for granted: A college football Saturday's opening kickoff, hearing the "ping" of a bat from across campus, NCAA tournament brackets, a rock-and-roll concert, the sites, sounds and smell as you're seated to dine inside of a crowded restaurant...double-ply toilet paper.

If the "ranking" of historical events were judged by the transforming power it has on resetting a society's perspective of how fragile all of "this" is, then this one will rank up there with the best of them. This one is a shot across the bow for our species: It shows how quickly- how easily- our first world problems can disappear- gone like smoke in the wind, and by all accounts so far, this ain't even "the big one": If that's not just a little bit unnerving to you, then you've escaped the claws of natural selection only because of the advancements of the society that surrounds you, fragile as it is.