Re: What a time to be alive
Compared to all the times in history when pandemics have come sweeping over the populace, it's a great time to be alive.
When I was doing a bit of geneaology I remember coming across a local headmaster's account of the 1918 Spanish Flu. He went from a school of about 100 kids to about 20, and his description was heartrending. The man was broken.
Compare that with now; where we have the information to see it coming; the internet so we can isolate without going insane; and the medical resources that ensure that we will eventually drop the fucker. And be considerably better at handling the next one.
OK, your species being at the pointy end of a pandemic isn't ideal; but we know we're going to win. The trick is to do so while taking the least possible damage.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
