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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 1918 pandemic didn't just go to 1918, but to 1921.
Heard on cnn, as opposed to iq45 saying we're going to' open this country with a bang' on faux.
Initech
(99,915 posts)Yes, this virus and the quarantine blow. But now we have science and technology on our side and we can develop drugs and vaccines much quicker than we used to. This won't be the Spanish Flu if we don't let it.
lastlib
(22,981 posts)...the folks who are saying God sent the virus to turn us away from secularism. Predictable Pat robertson said it was his punishment for teh gayz and aborshun. Other hucksters are selling "cures" on their megachurch websites for "Only" a donation of $19.95....
yeah, we got science and tech on our side, but the other side has stupidity on theirs.
"Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain."--F. Schiller
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Since Trump leads the most advanced nation, he should be marshaling our vast resources, instead he is engaging in petty acts and seem to be working to silence top scientists. So yes, this is not 1918 circumstances, but we are also much more densely packed population wise than 1918, so leadership ineptitude will still have a seriously damaging impact.
It has been written that Wilson lied to the public about the 1918 Pandemic and was himself very ill from that flu at one point (as was FDR, who was one of his aides). Some believe that more openness and truth to the public would have shortened the outbreak.
Polybius
(15,239 posts)Baseball was not stopped during those years, among many other bad decisions.