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2019-08-07
The “Greatest Pandemic in History” Was 100 Years Ago – But Many of Us Still Get the Basic Facts Wrong
This article was published on August 7, 2019 just months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020. The author’s intention was to share facts about the Spanish Flu so that we can be better prepared in case a similar catastrophic event occurs again. The similarities between Spanish Flu and the current pandemic cannot easily be ignored. It makes one wonder what will be said about COVID-19 100 years from now? -
2020-11-19
History does repeat itself
In this short paper, I wrote about similarities between the 1918 Spanish Flu the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. I analyze an article written in the Toronto Globe on October 2nd, 1918, and compared it to the events that happened in January-February 2020 in the United States. -
2020-10-30T17:00
Flu Flies: October 8, 1918 how it connect to Spanish Flu and Covid-19
I feel this is important about the document I discuss about how the solider survive. Not many people focus on everyone but themselves and how to not get the COVID. But we are not aware how the solider are trying to survive similar as the Spanish Flu about the training camps. -
1918-10-18
Historical Artifact from 1918
I used the announcement from the article to create a comparison between the situation with the Spanish flu in 1918 and our current situation with the pandemic -
1918-11-05
Spanish Flu Artifact
The story relates to the pandemic on the different responses of how the U.S. president addressed the Spanish Flu compared to the president of Singapore. -
2020-10-16
Connecting Spanish Flu Historical Texts with Current Pandemic
My essay shows just how similar the Spanish flu outbreak is with the COVID-19 pandemic and emphasizes the fact that we should've been so much more prepared today, with all of our modern technology and science, than we were in 1918. The newspaper article I look at also shows the shocking differences between the two, like the zero urgency for quarantining and the different kinds of masks and methods that were used to try and treat these illnesses. -
2020-09-18
How a Spanish flu news in 1918 may help to reflect on Covid-19 (with historical text)
History is a mirror decorated with stories. Learning about historical matierals is interesting and enlightening. An article about Spanish flu from the Boston Daily Globe on September 30th, 1918, titled Number of grippe deaths fall off and discussions with the Media History class have inspired me in understanding health policies, social changes, and more from diverse perspectives during the Covid times. -
2020-05-12
How history exams will be in the future
I'm taking a history class right now, that goes into detail about the Great Depression, World War, Spanish Flu etc., and how people coped with the pandemic. This meme foresees how history classes will be taught 50-100 years from now, where people will be learning everything happening right now