The Spanish flu is becoming the Nazi comparison of Godwins theory.

Mar 22, 2020
7:16:28pm

Samsonite Truly Addicted User

This isn’t the same thing, no matter how much you want it to be. It would be a mistake to treat it the same under the guise of learning from history.

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Originally posted on Mar 22, 2020 at 7:16:28pm

Message modified by Samsonite on Mar 22, 2020 at 7:22:29pm

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This is one of many clips from newspapers 100 years ago during the Spanish flu.

bigbossbyu

3/22/20 7:09pm

Very eerie how history repeats itself.

eddog

3/22/20 7:10pm

Which was then followed by the Great Depression and WW2.

bigbossbyu

3/22/20 7:12pm

History is very cyclical in nature, however we tend to recover faster nowadays.

TheLoneCougar

3/22/20 7:15pm

10 and 20 years later, respectively. It’s not like there’s a strict causal chain there

spinner

3/22/20 7:18pm

Very true, there were many other factors that were way bigger than the

bigbossbyu

3/23/20 1:54am

Also true, but then this starts to get really hypothetical

spinner

3/23/20 7:30am

Death in general I would guess was more common and familiar.

Grit for Brains

3/22/20 7:12pm

COVID is not on track to be even remotely close to the Spanish Flu.

OceanMang

3/22/20 7:16pm

And hopefully it never does. That’s what we are trying to prevent.

All-American

3/22/20 7:19pm

We don’t need to treat it the same as the Spanish flu. That’s a mistake.

Samsonite

3/22/20 7:20pm

Yes, because we can keep it from ever becoming Spanish Flu. I hope.

All-American

3/22/20 7:28pm

I hope you’re right. It’s going to be very interesting following Rudy Gobert and

bigbossbyu

3/22/20 7:33pm

The Spanish flu is becoming the Nazi comparison of Godwins theory.

Samsonite

3/22/20 7:16pm

Interesting to see Vick’s VapoRub being suggested as the first thing to combat a cold in hopes of avoiding the flu.

Pistol Shrimp

3/22/20 7:55pm

Crazy to read about avoiding roller towels in 1918--and still having them into the 1970s (or maybe later?)

ColoSpgs

3/22/20 9:15pm

Hubris

Resurgens

3/22/20 9:24pm

Funny, it says it attacks those who go to bed too late, or get up too early. LOL

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