There have been a lot of comparisons between the current pandemic and those in the past, particularly in terms of case numbers and deaths.
One thing which isn't accounted for in such comparisons is the existence of the Internet and the enabling of work from home. My point is that in 2020 we had the option of closing offices and working from home, of closing schools and going to remote learning, of moving to tele-medicine.
I don't know how much difference it makes; I don't know the extent to which shelter-in-place was implemented in past pandemics. But I'm sure it makes a significant difference, which social scientists will be trying to figure out over the next years.
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