The original post asked for “rigor” and “thoughtfulness”. Here’s my attempt at that:
It all ends sooner than people expected. The world returns to normal. The markets recover. Slowly but surely, unemployment goes down. A concerted effort by the world’s nations is made to monitor for outbreaks of new diseases. The only unexplained phenomena is that for 2 months or so there is a rash of toilet papering houses the likes of which the world has never seen before. It’s as if millions of people suddenly found themselves in possession of more toilet paper than they could possibly use in lifetime.
