Thread by @therealarod1984

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*** There is Nothing New Under the Sun ***

Viewing the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic through the lens of “American Pandemic, The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic” by Nancy K Bristow

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again" Ecc 1:9

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“American Pandemic” is a history of those that lived & died in the Pandemic, w/ heavy focus on the rise of public health establishments

While there are differences between the 2 pandemics, there are striking similarities - hotbuttons like Masks, Lockdowns, Schools, etc

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** We will start with Two Striking Differences **

* Striking Difference 1 - Fatalities (click image below)

(I will release 1-2 new tweets per day, with hopes to eventually turn this into a longform article. This may end up being about a 10-12 Tweet thread)

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* Striking Difference 1B - In 1918, hundreds of thousands of young people were killed. The young bore the brunt of the pandemic. (click image below)

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* Striking Difference 2 - The President of the United States plays no role in this book, for sure wasn't blamed, and may not have even been mentioned a single time. (click image below)

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* There is Nothing New Under the Sun – Progressivism & Public Health general mitigation efforts during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic (click image below)

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* There is Nothing New Under the Sun – Debate and conflict over School Closures during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic (click image below)

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* There is Nothing New Under the Sun – Debate and conflict over Masks during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic (click image below)

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* There is Nothing New Under the Sun – Debate over closing of "Non-essential" gatherings and businesses during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic (click image below)

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Provisional Citations - Subject to change as I add to the thread.

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