#1918

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

With a Fox News liar once again saying COVID-19 is just seasonal flu (cause, you know, TV commentators and lawyers know more about virus outbreaks than infectious disease experts)a quick

Lawrence Gostin

LawrenceGostin

* @michelleinbklyn @nytimes great op ed on key q' of our time: When will life return to normal? No one knows, but most likely #COVID19 will be major health/econ dislocation,

Emily Deans MD 👻

evolutionarypsy

Doctors in 1918 tried high dose aspirin, quinine, arsenic, camphor oil, digitalis, strychnine, Epsom salts and castor oil, and when none of these helped, fell back on bloodletting. They had

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

For those interested in the Great War & After: very interesting lecture on the Kaiser, the Imperial German Army in 1918, and the Kaiser's abdicationhttps://youtu.be/06Rx2YBZ1u0?t=173#WW1 #GreatWar #MilHist For those interested

Dr Unburnt🔥Poorman

DrPoorman

Here are some ways you can help the elderly in your life:1. Help them get books or download audio books 2. Download skype and house party on their phones. If

Jeremy Klaszus

klaszus

I want to share a little about how @sprawlcalgary is changing amid tumultuous times in the news industry. This week our team realized that we're not really a "pop-up journalism"

Tyler Buchanan

Tylerjoelb

THREAD: History repeats itself.Spent some time reading Ohio news clippings from 1918-19 about the Spanish Flu pandemic. The parallels between then & now are remarkable — the health orders, the

Dartmoor Trust Archive

dartmoorarchive

Honouring the 1914 Generation #ArmisticeDay #WeWillRememberThem Second Lieutenant Walter Tull28 April 1888- 25 March 1918Professional Tottenham Hotspur player and one of the first black Army Officers to command

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

A lot of people died in the Spanish flu. This is because people at the time did not: Other options by popular demand Spanish flu was an A/H1N1 flu. The

Stonewall Jackson

1776Stonewall

Today In History 1918: Manfred Von Richthofen, AKA “The Red Baron”, recognized as the greatest fighter pilot of World War 1, is killed in action over France. Richthofen had over

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

In 2005, George W. Bush read a book on the 1918 flu. He was shook."This happens every 100 years. We need a national strategy," he said.They forged a comprehensive pandemic

𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓊𝓀𝓎𝒶

balenciogre

minnette de silva (1918-1998), born in kandy, sri lanka, became the first female asian architect to be elected as an associate of the royal institute of british architects (RIBA) in

Dave Tulley

DieFreieStrasse

Thread on the relationship between early Bolsheviks and Soviet power, arising from this conversation - I'll try to stick to primary sources and reputable historical scholarship, and include references.https://twitter.com/proletkultr/status/125064

Inside Edition

InsideEdition

There was nothing Spanish about the flu, nor was there widespread media coverage of the mysterious virus that killed the young and middle-aged in devastating numbers.We explore the hidden plague

Brian Asquith

basquith827

Got a new brief out today talking about what we can learn about the 1918 pandemic. Check it out: https://research.upjohn.org/up_policypapers/22/A short, 900 word version is going to circulate later, but

Justin Hart

justin_hart

1/ You've no doubt seen Team Apocalypse use clippings from 1918 regarding mask mandates, enforcement, virtue signaling as popular comparisons to today's situation. Little known are the words of those