You, yes you, are here on this earth likely because of social distancing..in 1918

[deminks]

That means you, effing ignorant GrOPer murderers. That means you, Suzie Wagle, president of Kansas Senate who wants her Christian followers to die to gain power. That means you, stupid slimeball bizniz 'leaders' who want to kill people to make money.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-coronavirus-influenza-pandemic-lessons-20200410-4a3y7scev5hzzlwydikjbhdk7a-story.html

The ‘forgotten pandemic’: What researchers can learn from the 1918 flu that devastated Baltimore



No killer haunted the 20th century with greater efficiency.

In the United States alone, at least 675,000 people died, more than the nation’s combined military casualties for World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

But even as our society recounted the grim battles from two world wars, felt the trauma of genocides and shared fears of nuclear annihilation, we let slip lessons from the influenza outbreak of 1918-1919, which stands as the deadliest wave of disease in recorded history.

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In 1918, cities that implemented social distancing policies quickly and maintained them with discipline — like St. Louis — wound up with fewer deaths from influenza. Those are the same sacrifices now called for by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and leaders across the world.

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Nonetheless, Barry’s words about the 1918 outbreak read as a harrowing warning to those who’ve crowded into beaches, bars and other public spaces as COVID-19 has swept the country.

“No medicine and none of the vaccines developed then could prevent influenza. ... Only preventing exposure to the virus could,” Barry writes. “Places that isolated themselves survived.

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James Carville: Republicans will ‘literally kill people’ to stay in power

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/james-carville-republicans-will-literally-kill-people-to-stay-in-power/

I don't always agree with Mr. Carville. In this case, I do. I don't call it failure. I call it deliberate.

You can't know where you are going, unless you know where you have been.

/rant off

[Initech]

1. Those who don't learn from history are not doomed to repeat.

And not only did some people not learn that lesson, it seems that they don't care. And those are the people who will ensure that the Great Quarantine is going to get dragged out months instead of weeks.

[RobinA]

2. The Great Quarantine

was always going to be dragged out. That's what flattening the curve means. Less people over a longer period of time. If you want it over quickly, everybody who's going to get it gets it at once. Some die, most live. Big immunity, bye-bye Corona's pandemic making ability, we all get back to business as usual as quickly as possible. Not saying that's the way to go, it's just the quick way to go.