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It's March 790, 2020. TL; DR. I'm leaving the #Covid19 ward again wondering why, how & if we will look forward to a day when we can (confidently) say "it'll be better next year". A 🧵 on what a "new normal" is & when it might happen. 1/
First a look back on the history of major pandemics. Even w/ a fraction of our present day resources in medicine & health infrastructure, the flu pandemic of 1918 had its share of similarities to this one because, well - humans are humans. 2/
1918 Flu was due to an H1N1 variant w/ Avian gene influence but the origin was not known till well after infecting 500 M people (1/3 of global population) & killing at least 50 M too. Doubt of origin fueled doubts of existence & potential threat. 3/
