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COVID-19 and Spanish Flu

An ongoing series of posts drawing links between the current pandemic, war, and the Spanish flu.

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Posts about way back when

Flu Pandemic 1918: “It has swept over the earth like a cyclone…”
In search of toilet paper, or whither the wipes?
Flu Pandemic 1918: dainty tablets & unseen heroes
Flu Pandemic 1918: Smiles are contagious
Flu Pandemic 1918: “I love to get your letters so much…”
Flu Pandemic 1918: “trying times test us”
Flu Pandemic 1918: “everyone was being very careful”
Flu Pandemic 1918: country air and bicycle cures
Jennie and George and Grace: Down a Rabbit Hole
“Top of your Christmas wish list”

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1830s-1913: In Darkest London
1914-1920: The Noise of War
1919-1930s: The Forest City
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