Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
1/ This is a phenomenal long-read about the 1918 flu pandemic. [Article 60+ minute read, my thread summary 10-15 min]
What intrigued me coming across this article recently was the date it was written: November 2017. Two years before we started hearing rumblings about Covid-19
[2017 article prior to Covid-19]
In 1918 sod houses were barely distinguishable from treeless dry prairies. It had been cattle country—a now bankrupt ranch that also raised hogs, one possible clue to origin of a crisis that would terrorize the world that year.
1/ This is a phenomenal long-read about the 1918 flu pandemic. [Article 60+ minute read, my thread summary 10-15 min]
What intrigued me coming across this article recently was the date it was written: November 2017. Two years before we started hearing rumblings about Covid-19
The tsunami warning stretches hundreds of miles from the Bay Area of California north into central Oregon.
The tsunami warning stretches hundreds of miles from the Bay Area of California north into central Oregon.