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Mar 22, 2020
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Samsonite
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The Spanish flu is becoming the Nazi comparison of Godwins theory.
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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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
BYUCPA
3/22/20 10:36pm
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