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I Love History

I have been researching the history's timeline of one century ago.
Does history repeats itself?
Looks like it to me!

I studied the history of Spanish flu.. H1N1.
How it begun and to it's bitter end.
It started in 1918, lasting till 1920.
The year of 1919, it hit hard and fast, didn't matter if you were elderly or a child.

It had 3 waves.... Look, read, learn.. for yourself. Please.

They wore masks a century ago. Social distancing, lockdowns.....

It was deadly to some extent for over 10 years.
It under went several mutations.

The medical facts and how we reacted to this virus, Covid19, is the same as it was a century ago!

Thank God for modern medicine!! That in our favor.

Then came the Great Depression, 1929-1941.
I read what they did to try to regain control and help the stock market out.
It's the same song and dance now, as it was then.

My husband and I were talking about what his grandfather and mine once said about this period in time. Hard times, a domino effect that lasted for years to come.

People are mentioning, this is the "new normal".
It just maybe the beginning, the tip of the iceberg.

Don't want to be gloom and doom but... We do not want to be caught... as they say...with our pants down!
We are going to continue to prepare, for a long drawn out crisis.

We want to learn from history.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
From what I see, we never seem to learn from history. It’s as though modern day humans, no matter the age they are in, always think that they are different from past generations. That they are smarter, stronger, more invincible than those who lived before them. I think it’s human mentality. We suffer. We forget. We make the same mistakes.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
I’m definitely not like most. Two things come from this: I stay true to myself, and it’s a damn lonely life being a misfit, but that’s the price I pay. @Echoing
Echoing · 61-69, F
🤗@Carissimi You are not alone, I am a misfit.. and yes.. that is the price we pay when we are true to ourselves instead of following the crowd.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
🤗 @Echoing
yeronlyman · 51-55, M
It was worst in the fall of 1918
And became endemic

Covid is likely to become endemic also

We have some advantages and disadvantages now... I believe if we declare a win over covid it will be April to August 2021
yeronlyman · 51-55, M
@Echoing true

The last two US presidents warned about it. Bush was very interesting, he read all about the Spanish Flu and was very interested.


[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcj6KUr4aA]
Echoing · 61-69, F
yeronlyman · 51-55, M
@Echoing I know I was intrigued by his interest. But credit to him
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Echoing · 61-69, F
@waleskinder yes!!!! I've been watching. Name players are selling and getting cash in hand.
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Yes a pandemic like this has happened almost every one hundred years.
@Echoing No cause we have short memories.
Echoing · 61-69, F
@wilderflower or think this could never happen to me thingy!
@Echoing Oh yeah that’s always a reason.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and don't get careless.
Echoing · 61-69, F
@Mamapolo2016 yup.. no doubt about it!!! My husband and I seriously talked about this, this morning. It was like we were preparing for our future!

 
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