History lesson from the 1918 Pandemic

georgefelt · 05-20-2020, 04:54 AM

My father was a college professor who taught American history. He loved that “condemned to repeat it” phrase. IMHO after many years of reflection on this concept, I think that the reality is is slightly different: Those who can remember the past are also condemned to repeat it. The human race as a whole has not changed in any significant way since the last ice age. The more things change, the more they stay the same. When human nature changes, things may go in new directions. Don’t hold your breath waiting for that day to come. C’est la vie - deal with it. Most scientists don’t understand politics and don’t want to. Most politicians don’t understand science and don’t want to. Add it all up and welcome to the train wreck... pick your way through the mess with care and you may get lucky. Get out on the water and find joy in the moment when you can. Good luck to us all...

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gwhite13 · 05-20-2020, 06:29 PM

science will keep you alive longer.

JEEPONLY · 05-20-2020, 10:37 PM

Well said!

upthesaukee · 05-21-2020, 07:46 AM

As a kid, my parents told me no one is perfect, and it's ok to make a mistake. The key was to learn from our mistakes.

That may be easy to do as an individual, maybe not so easy as a group (as in our country).

Dave

FlyingScot · 05-21-2020, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

As a kid, my parents told me no one is perfect, and it's ok to make a mistake. The key was to learn from our mistakes.

That may be easy to do as an individual, maybe not so easy as a group (as in our country).

Dave

This is one of the saddest things to me about this situation--it appears that a large number of individuals have no interest in learning enough to avoid future problems that are obvious

icg56 · 05-21-2020, 10:25 AM

Don't forget Winston Churchill's quote about American, too.

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."

Grant · 05-21-2020, 03:23 PM

@georgefelt

You had me at "Add it all up and welcome to the train wreck..."

So true.

thebix · 07-26-2020, 12:00 PM

1918 Flu history in 7 minutes
https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeedNew...6843116079743/

For those that say the CDC, govt. officials, etc. don't know what they are doing and are making it all up as they go, review this story of 1918 and learn that today's good progress is based on the proven successes from 1918. And today's failures are also straight out of the 1918 playbook of the mistakes.

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JEEPONLY Deceased Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 701 Thanks: 360 Thanked 179 Times in 141 Posts	Where've you been, George? Well said!

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upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,597 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,457 Thanked 1,979 Times in 1,080 Posts	Learn from your mistakes As a kid, my parents told me no one is perfect, and it's ok to make a mistake. The key was to learn from our mistakes. That may be easy to do as an individual, maybe not so easy as a group (as in our country). Dave __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

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icg56 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 84 Thanks: 3 Thanked 33 Times in 19 Posts	Quotes Don't forget Winston Churchill's quote about American, too. "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."

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Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 375 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	@georgefelt You had me at "Add it all up and welcome to the train wreck..." So true. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

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thebix Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Down since 2009. Posts: 100 Thanks: 2 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	1918 Flu history in 7 minutes 1918 Flu history in 7 minutes https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeedNew...6843116079743/ For those that say the CDC, govt. officials, etc. don't know what they are doing and are making it all up as they go, review this story of 1918 and learn that today's good progress is based on the proven successes from 1918. And today's failures are also straight out of the 1918 playbook of the mistakes.

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georgefelt Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 4 Posts	My father was a college professor who taught American history. He loved that “condemned to repeat it” phrase. IMHO after many years of reflection on this concept, I think that the reality is is slightly different: Those who can remember the past are also condemned to repeat it. The human race as a whole has not changed in any significant way since the last ice age. The more things change, the more they stay the same. When human nature changes, things may go in new directions. Don’t hold your breath waiting for that day to come. C’est la vie - deal with it. Most scientists don’t understand politics and don’t want to. Most politicians don’t understand science and don’t want to. Add it all up and welcome to the train wreck... pick your way through the mess with care and you may get lucky. Get out on the water and find joy in the moment when you can. Good luck to us all... Sent from my iPad using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app

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