Let me guess: it's going to make it shorter.
I was thinking the same thing, with the clue about the elderly being impacted more; I'm just not sure if FDR gets infected or just dies early; I mean, this is going to put so much more strain on him.
Question - witht he VP spot vacant if that happens, and Truman already coming in, would Wallace appoint him Secretary of State and then resign, allowing him to take over immediately? It sounds like a wise plan to spare the U.S. some extra turmoil.
, bad news. Depressing to think that World War 2 could have been even worse than it actually was. I don't know why I'm drawn to these dark timelines, but keep it coming!
I don't like them, either, and will likely not follow a lot - I really just came because the title seemed quite interesting, and I suspect it's going to be a lot worse than just a number of royal families having troubles like my "The Mighty Houses Have Struck Out." But, I had the same question about written ones and sometimes dystopias remind us, as you say, that OTL, while bad, is a lot better than it could have been. While the poll I ran a while back on these was related to writing them, the results are probably similar except the newbies writing them part won't apply.
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