#1918

The New York Times

nytimes

In 1918 and 1919, masks also stoked political division. Then, as now, medical authorities urged people to wear them to help slow the spread of disease. And then, as now,

Andrew Oxford

andrewboxford

When Phoenix reopened schools and movie theaters after a bad wave of influenza cases in late 1918, the city was hit by a second wave in early 1919The newspaper in

Intriguing_Ike

AkinolaIkeoluw1

Á ò rí’rú eléyì rí, a fií dé rù b’omo ni; unprecedented is just a word, there’s really nothing new under the sun!I am going to share with you snippets

Pat Race

alaskarobotics

#akleg Earlier today @dimond_chris posted a bunch of 1918 newspaper clippings. It was amazing to see how similar that experience was. Masks, quarantine, social distancing, business closures, fears for the

Milhouse Van Houten 😀

Milhouse_Van_Ho

Stop comparing covid-19 to the Spanish Flu.For more perspective on how they are different, let's look at our own history.https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/1918-spanish-flu-in-canada "In 1918–19, [Spanish Flu] kill

HogStats.com

HogStats

The 1918 flu pandemic affected the @RazorbackFB season. Caused some schedule delays. Here's a glimpse at the situation during that October: ^ This interview on @OzarksatLarge gives some history on

Ben Paviour

BPaves

THREAD: African Americans account for 16 out 18 people who’ve died from COVID-19 in Richmond as of Monday. But health disparities here are nothing new.https://vpm.org/news/articles/13313/in-1918-pandemic-black-richmond-faced-new-virus-and

José Martí

JoseJuMarti

Using strictly Lenin's words on the subject, "state capitalism" describes certain aspects of the New Economic Policy (NEP); it encompasses the revolutionary transitory period between capitalism & communism. "State cap

Katharine Coldiron

ferrifrigida

THREAD I’ve been thinking a lot about the 1918 influenza epidemic, as I’m sure many others have. Here is how I learned about it: These are pages from THE GHOST

Ross Ramsey

rossramsey

Billy Sunday was a professional baseball player who became the best-known evangelist in America early last century. What he did during the 1918 flu pandemic holds lessons for Texas &

The Grand Scoobah

TheGrandScoobah

The 1918 Flu and the Sacrament:"On November 19, 1918, President Joseph F. Smith died of pneumonia—a lung inflammation caused by the influenza virus. Religious services were still banned at the

Lemillion

RickyDLaw

So i got curious of how badly hit Tanganyika was during the Spanish flu pandemic. Very few records exist obviously. But i found some sources that shed a light on

hestenet

TimLehnen

In the United States, we observe Memorial Day to honor those who died serving in our military. Some facts you may not know:- The USA entered WWI in 1917 -

Housatonic ™ 🇺🇸

HousatonicITS

[1] This needs peer review and fact-checkers ...Was the 1918 #SpanishFlu , which started on a US military base in Kansas (near Manhattan Kansas), the product of failed early vaccine

Tedo33

DooleyPAC

I believe there are beautiful parallels between Alma and President Joseph F. Smith regarding the resurrection of the dead. A short thread #DezNat Alma saw much death during his ministry.

Pepe 'The Punisher' Durham

ThePepeDurham

THREADThe Hunt for Red October is the debut novel by Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984.During the Cold War, Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy submarine commander plans to