Spanish Flu

The world has not seen this dangerous of a virus since the Spanish flu of 1917.  But in today's world, the press and the Democrats use it as a political football.  They blame President Trump instead of the ones who are really culpable: the Chinese Communist government.  American Thinker interviewed experts on China…

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In a move that wlll be closely watched by restaurants and other businesses, the iconic Musso & Frank’s Grill in Hollywood is suing its insurer for not covering pandemic losses. Like other businesses, the restaurant closed in March because of the economic lockdown to flatten the disease curve. It was…

When I visit my grandchildren, I wave through the window but I don’t go inside. It breaks my heart not being able to hug and kiss them—but at least we can FaceTime later. During the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, nobody even had that.As a novelist who recently spent two…

Washington (AFP) - The coronavirus is hitting the United States' largest Native American territory hard, with a spike in cases bringing long-standing disparities to the fore in a land marked by the trauma of past waves of disease.With its towering sandstone mesas, majestic canyons and ancient ruins, the Navajo Nation…

Researchers at the University of Toronto are playing a leading role in a national effort to study the efficacy of using blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat those who are sick with the disease.  The joint effort with researchers at more than 40 Canadian hospitals, the Université de Montréal,…

Since 1925, Bloxsom Roofing & Siding has built a business that spans across multiple generations. Starting with Ottie Bloxsom, who found his passion for building structures during The Spanish Flu pandemic. Over the years, the business has acquired accolades from big projects spanning all over Northern Michigan while offering services…

A huge campaign by New York gallery Poster House and Print magazine is bringing together some of the finest and best known graphic designers from the city, to help communicate messaging during the Covid-10 crisis more clearly. Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast, Matt Dorfman, Debbie Milman, Edel Rodriguez, Maira…

They are more prone to transmission than the field facilities set up during the Spanish Flu of 1918. Here's why.Every disease has its patient zero, and for the coronavirus Covid-19, the press identified patient zero was Wei Guixian, a 57-year-old woman who worked in Wuhan’s Huanan market. It is impossible to…

Influenza victims crowd an emergency hospital near Ft. Riley, Kan., in 1918. (Anonymous / AP)Comparisons between the current coronavirus pandemic and the 1918 flu that similarly swept the world are inevitable, and there are some striking parallels. But there are also important differences.Both diseases spread across the globe with stunning…