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Governments were forced to set up "[[overflow camp]]s" ([[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]''), in which Category 1 and 2 patients were kept. However, these were, in effect, glorified concentration camps, with Category 1 patients being burned alive. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') | Governments were forced to set up "[[overflow camp]]s" ([[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]''), in which Category 1 and 2 patients were kept. However, these were, in effect, glorified concentration camps, with Category 1 patients being burned alive. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') | ||
The world economy started to collapse, starting with the loss of the pensions as they were naturally invalid now that people could live significantly past the [[retirement]] age. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | The world economy started to collapse, starting with the loss of the pensions as they were naturally invalid now that people could live significantly past the [[retirement]] age. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') This led insurance companies going bankrupt which started a chain reaction where several markets, notably housing, collapsed entirely. The result was the world entering a sharp economic recession that was four times worse than the [[2008]] recession, leading many economic pundits to consider it akin to the [[Great Depression]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') | ||
Some people speculated that the switch from mortal to immortal had rendered [[cancer]] cells mortal, allowing people to freely smoke, although they kept this information quiet. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | Some people speculated that the switch from mortal to immortal had rendered [[cancer]] cells mortal, allowing people to freely smoke, although they kept this information quiet. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | ||
== Notable survivals == | == Notable survivals == | ||