That's wonderful, thank you! I've only read the first couple of pages so far, but this bit struck me, "... fears that Bolshevik influences might be at work in the AIF and that the returning soldiers carried with them the germs of something more potent than influenza".
Over the last year, it's become increasingly apparent to me that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
[EDIT] I've finished reading it now, and it's like reading an account of what's gone on the last year, right down to pro and anti-mask arguments; staying six feet apart; the closure of theaters, schools, churches etc. and so much else. It even recounts the left using it as a way to cause trouble! It seems blatantly obvious to me that governments nowadays had no idea what to do about Covid and have basically copied all their policies from what was done in 1919, regardless of anything else (modern medical advances, evidence of Covid's lower fatality rate etc). If you're wavering on whether to spend time reading it yourself, I think you should.
Ugh, probably. I already saw a thing back in March last year that said there's a pandemic (overblown or not) every 100 years or so, so I wouldn't be surprised.
That's wonderful, thank you! I've only read the first couple of pages so far, but this bit struck me, "... fears that Bolshevik influences might be at work in the AIF and that the returning soldiers carried with them the germs of something more potent than influenza". Over the last year, it's become increasingly apparent to me that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
[EDIT] I've finished reading it now, and it's like reading an account of what's gone on the last year, right down to pro and anti-mask arguments; staying six feet apart; the closure of theaters, schools, churches etc. and so much else. It even recounts the left using it as a way to cause trouble! It seems blatantly obvious to me that governments nowadays had no idea what to do about Covid and have basically copied all their policies from what was done in 1919, regardless of anything else (modern medical advances, evidence of Covid's lower fatality rate etc). If you're wavering on whether to spend time reading it yourself, I think you should.
They'll probably try it again in 2120 🙄
Ugh, probably. I already saw a thing back in March last year that said there's a pandemic (overblown or not) every 100 years or so, so I wouldn't be surprised.