Ronald D.Moore President Trump Spain Coronavirus Covid-19 spanish Ronald D.Moore President Trump Spain

What Coverage of the Spanish Flu Pandemic Can Tell Us About Coronavirus

Reading now: 998
variety.com

In Ronald D. Moore’s reimagined“Battlestar Galactica,” the ragged remnants of the human race often respond to adversity by invoking an article of their faith: “All this has happened before.

All this will happen again.” As we face the real-life coronavirus pandemic, that mantra rings true. All this has happened before: a highly contagious, deadly virus hopscotching the planet before exploding into a pandemic; denial and uncertainty among political leaders; gatherings banned; entertainment production shut down, thousands unemployed; fear and grief as entertainment pros, including the famous, fall ill.

That describes the 2019-20 global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. It also describes the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-20.

Read more on variety.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA