Forgetting Catastrophe: Influenza and the War in 1919 - Nancy Bristow

[@BryanAlexander]

Excellent discussion of the Great Influenza. I admire how Bristow teases out different forms of memory, and forgetting. It is of course eerie to listen to now.

[@goldenvamp]

Fantastic presentation and scarily prescient, foreboding for what we're going through right now. Already we're seeing tales of triumph of the 'human spirit' overtaking mass government negligence (I'm in the UK, London), lack of PPE for essential workers & high death rates amongst people of colour. Communities raising money for what should be a state funded health service is not a feel good story! The past provides us with many insights for creating a better future, I hope this time we can pay attention

[@jeansoo-learngrowserve3266]

Although our healthcare system is much more advanced than the past, it is still unfortunate to see the similarities this case shares with what is going on now with COVID-19. The slow response from the government to contain the virus and the financial downfall of US. History seems to repeat itself and we shouldn't forget it. Great presentation!! Currently in quarantine in NY.

[@classicmoments9433]

Great presentation that helps fill in the gaps of the influenzas. My grandparents were married in 1917 living in New York City. They never once mentioned this catastrophe before they passed away in the 1980s. Family photographs don't tell the story of what was going on around them either.

[@miriamkellner3524]

What Mencken said is probably the best explanation why the pandemic appeared to have been forgotten. I wonder if the presenter can NOW imagine churches and social events being locked down!

[@norbertblackrain2379]

A tragedy that will hopefully not repeat.

[@eugenegm]

A very important story, which certainly deserves retelling during the current coronavirus pandemic!

[@arthurw8054]

Superb, thanks.

[@Sky-y5i1b]

Remember when younger in the 80's, knew an elderly lady,visited her often and she spoke about Spanish Flu, she remember it with fear, saying about how many people just died inexplicably.

[@dawnmorning]

Who called pandemic today on covid19.

[@jocelynegacuma4050]

🕯️ Thank you for sharing a great motion presented about times of the Pandemics. This is eventful times when we all have one subject to know, we all go through the same fears, the same time and to fight something monstrous individually. I'm going through the most saddest time of history with corona virus, everyday is a risk for infection and death but I'm still fighting. ☁️🕊️ God bless

[@rosesprog1722]

If the fighting in WWI was stopped because the flu was killing more men in the trenches than the fighting itself there would have been no winners and no losers and that would contradict the story we have been told since then so best thing to do is avoid associating the two at all costs, this is what we see now.

[@CJ87317]

There would have been a winner/loser end regardless. The pandemic just sped it up.

[@Moleanimationchannel]

Covid 19 - HOLD MY 🍺

[@HepCatJack]

During WWI, Wilson Woodrow passed laws whereas a person could be arrested and charged if he/she was perceived to criticize the war effort or the war. This, and the war censorship complicated discussion of the epidemic. It was also under Wilson Woodrow that the U.S lost control of its currency handing it over to the Federal Reserve.

[@chrisrautmann8936]

One thing the gold bugs don't like to talk about is that the US economy suffered about 50% deflation from the end of the US Civil War until the start of WWI. That means that, as good as the economy was (at least for the rich), it could have been MUCH BETTER. People's wages fell, their standards of living fell, and the super rich just kept on getting MORE rich. Investment in the economy dwindled because it was more profitable to sit on money than to actually INVEST it. A currency restricted by the amount of gold reserves is a moribund economy. An economy that has a flexible currency is MUCH stronger. Without it, we would never have been able to finance WWI, WWII, or deal with rebuilding Europe and Japan after WWII. Gold Bugs should be an endangered species, and they are dying of stupidity.

[@annskaggs4475]

Wow restricts of 1919 sounds like our current orders. Great presentation.

[@paulschrum9222]

Another possible reason Wilson did not comment on it was his preoccupation with the League of Nations along with the disability brought about by his stroke. Bristow's presentation is excellent, but I think she could have taken a few seconds to balance out her comment about Wilson's lack of public comment on the flu.

[@tommytwogloves16]

Although the mechanism is not completely understood, altering the body’s ph slightly alkaline, seemed to prevent the cytokinesis seen in many young people in the second and third waves.

[@brianhuss9184]

No one was fooled back then about the pain and horror of the Spanish Flu. They adopted the upbeat attitude so that they could heal and move on.

[@meenusaini1649]

Gvvhhtbjrfj😘😘😘🎂🎂

[@terrymeyer6292]

The flu ended the war

[@myradioon]

The War helped start the flu. Many rural communities got it from "War Trains" moving troops and supplies across the country. Forts and ships were incubation points.

[@Nonukes2024]

Biological warfare.

[@marihasites7706]

Nasty lies