LESSONS FROM THE 1918 SPANISH FLU
2 min readAug 6, 2020
Covid-19 has many unknown factors which, like most pandemics, can impact the willingness to spend, invest and take risks.
Uncertainties usually bring economy to a halt due to complete shutdowns of small businesses, production losses and increased unemployment.
Longer term analyses show that with an effective vaccine, it potentially takes one year or two for an economic recovery…