Everything Old is New Again: Keeping Your Distance 3

Yep.  Everything old is new again.

And, yes, I'm aware that the Spanish Influenza epidemic was in 1918 & 1919, and not the roaring twenties.

Or that technically the "twenties" start with 21 and not 20.

But what the hey.  We accordion time a lot.  If people know that the American Revolution occurred in the 1700s, that already puts them in the top tier of historically knowledgable Americans.

And, yes, that devastating illness that killed tens of millions, became known by an ethnic name.  Odd because it started on a military base in Kansas, but there you go.

It has been a long time since we named pandemic diseases after countries or ethnic groups. SAARs, Ebola, Swine Flu, Aids - none have names designed to slur a group (well, maybe swine flu slurs pigs).  So why the effort by the President and his Fox News Goebbels team to start calling it the Chinese Flu?

Seriously.  You don't know?  I think I can figure it out.

It's a scary time.  We don't need to throw racial animus in the mix.

Did it start in China?  Most likely, yes.  Did somebody eat something they shouldn't have?  It's not impossible, but I don't think they know that definitively.

Before you look down on somebody in China who might have done something stupid to start this, I must remind you that we do not have a shortage of stupid people in the United States.

We have idiots who eat Tide Pods, and people who intake all kinds of dangerous drugs.

There is a video on the webs of a defiant young lady trying to prove God knows what by licking a toilet seat on the Internet.

We have morons who think they're immortal partying on the beaches of Florida, believing even if they get COVID-19, they are young and healthy and will survive it.  They give not a whit for anyone else they come in contact with. 

Of course, we eat a lot of questionable things in this country too.  We love raw food, include the Asian treat of Sushi, and much of our diet is so terrible that it slowly killing us.  Not as visible an epidemic as COVID-19, but causing considerable harm.

So, please, don't use the racist language promulgated by the President and his media assistants.

Like it or not, it's a global crisis.

And it will take a global solution.

Meanwhile...how 'bout we take a moment to unsober things and start spreading something fun...like roaring twenties pics and videos - let's see some modern flappers!

Original flapper...looking for some updates!