Furryanimal
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Historical Documentary
My grandparents were alive then.About ten years old they all were.The Spanish Flu is well worth studying as a historical reference and an analogue to current times. My father was a young boy during that epidemic; he survived, and I've often pondered that I wouldn't be here had he not...
I remember those continuous roller towels in the metal cabinets too.Aunt Bea, the roller towel was still around long after the flu epidemic. I can remember leaving public restrooms with wet hands because that was the only option for drying and I'm only 86
I will get shot down for saying this-But when you look at that and compare how many corana virus has infected and killed so far is this worse than then?Given how much bigger the world population is now.Alright we have a way to go yet but when it's all over it will interesting to compare the two.And I am not downplaying the seriousness of the situation we are in.Thank you, Furry, for your video, which is informative and sobering. I've read (and now heard) that the Spanish Flu globally killed at least fifty million people, far more than died during WWI and several other wars combined. That's a ponderous number of people considering that the global population was much less then than now. It hit people fast and hard, and they literally could not keep up with burying all of the victims....it could prove fatal within twelve hours!
I will get shot down for saying this-But when you look at that and compare how many corana virus has infected and killed so far is this worse than then?Given how much bigger the world population is now.Alright we have a way to go yet but when it's all over it will interesting to compare the two.And I am not downplaying the seriousness of the situation we are in.
And I suggest people look up the part of Pepys diary where he is talking about Bubonic Plague.They had trouble persuading people to stay indoors then too....And remember we are all alive because people survived the Spanish flu.It did not kill everyone and not everyone got it.