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How they flattened the curve during the 1918 Spanish Flu

One perspective I have regarding the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic is that we humans ignore history at our peril. The 1918 “Spanish Flu,” provides abundant analogous data; but, those who are “in charge,” (& society, generally) seem to overlook and/or underappreciate history even in the best of times…much less during times like these. The more…
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The Eerie Parallels Between Coronavirus and the Bubonic Plague – Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/coronavirus-black-plague-fall-of-rome-973211/

There Are Two Types of People Now: Online Shoppers and the People Who Serve Them – VICE

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdmnq/there-are-two-types-of-people-now-online-shoppers-and-the-people-who-serve-them

Good News About the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.diamandis.com/blog/good-news-covid-19

How Coronavirus Could Explode at Rikers Island Jail

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-rikers-island-jail/

A deadly shipmate: Surviving ‘Spanish flu’ aboard HMAT Orsova – Australian National Maritime Museum

https://www.sea.museum/2020/03/19/a-deadly-shipmate-surviving-spanish-flu-aboard-hmat-orsova

America Knew a Pandemic Was Coming – The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/pandemic-coronavirus-united-states-trump-cdc/608215/

Yay for more surveillance

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/884ew5/covid-19-could-provide-cover-for-domestic-surveillance-expansion

Yuval Harari: This is the worst epidemic in ‘at least 100 years’ – CNN Video

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/03/15/yuval-noah-harari-amanpour-cnn-coronavirus.cnn

Opinion | Opposing Paid Sick Leave Risks Lives – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-paid-sick-leave.html

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