donna o'donnell figurski Author
  • Home
  • About
  • Prisoners Without Bars
    • A Book is Born
    • Cast of Characters
    • A Prisoners Escape
    • Sneak Peek 1
    • Sneak Peek 2
    • Sneak Peek 3
  • Bookity Blog
  • Published Works
  • My Favorite Books
  • Brain Injury Books
  • Awards & Accolades
  • Interviews & Events
    • Events Past/To Come
  • Press Release
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • Prisoners Without Bars
    • A Book is Born
    • Cast of Characters
    • A Prisoners Escape
    • Sneak Peek 1
    • Sneak Peek 2
    • Sneak Peek 3
  • Bookity Blog
  • Published Works
  • My Favorite Books
  • Brain Injury Books
  • Awards & Accolades
  • Interviews & Events
    • Events Past/To Come
  • Press Release
  • Contact
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

Bookity Blog

Picture
Picture

11/23/2020 3 Comments

Pandemic – Then & Now

PictureLove Pandemic-Style David and Donna Figurski


     You know this is the first time you have ever been involved in a worldwide pandemic–unless, of, course you are more than one-hundred two years-old. Even then, you wouldn’t remember the pandemic of 1918, called the Spanish Flu, simply because you were an infant. So, essentially, COVID-19, the virus that we are experiencing right now, is something none of us have ever experienced before.

     We are new to this ill-fated phenomenon in our lives. And, I do mean ill-fated. After only eleven months of this virus contaminating our world, it has infected more than 12,304,224 people and killed more than 256,000 people in the United States alone. The Spanish Flu in 1918, which lasted more than two years, from February 1918 until April of 1920, killed about 675,000 Americans. At the rate, we are going and if we don’t find a miracle vaccine, we could easily pass that number.

     But, we have a huge advantage over the folks back in the early 1900s, we have a whole lot more science going on. More, but not enough. There is never enough science research for me.

     Take yourself back to the horse and buggy day of the early 1900s. Take yourself back to no social media, no ZOOM parties and gatherings, no food pick-ups and deliveries, no ways to order needed products, and no ways to safely congregate with friends. Living through the pandemic of 1918 must have been a hundred times harder than living through the coronavirus pandemic today. Yet, it is still hard.

     Many folks from 1918 refused to wear masks to help prevent the virus from spreading. They were called “The Mask Slackers of 1918. They called the masks “…muzzles, germ shields and dirt traps…” Maybe they didn’t have the luxury of laundry detergent at their fingertips as we do. In any case, times have not changed much, we still have mask slackers for the same political-type reasons today.

     I don’t care what the reasons are for wearing or not wearing masks, but please let’s do whatever is necessary to resist this virus. I NEED to go shopping again. (See my blog post of 11/22/20, Shop 'til You Drop!

See you soon.
donna


3 Comments
Patti
11/28/2020 03:32:49 pm

Great job Donna. ❤️

Reply
Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
11/28/2020 11:50:58 pm

Patti, thank you. I always appreciate your comments. Bet you can't wait for this pandemic to be over - just like me.

Reply
The Meat They Eat link
7/19/2023 09:04:52 pm

Verry nice post

Reply



Leave a Reply.






    I

    Author

    I am the author of Prisoners without Bars: A Caregiver's Tale. It's the true story of how my husband almost left me--three times.
    He had three brain surgeries in less than two weeks. Those are pretty drastic measures, don't you think? I told him if he didn't come back to me, I would never forgive him. And guess what? It worked. He did!​

    Archives

    March 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    August 2024
    June 2024
    March 2024
    November 2023
    October 2023
    March 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    September 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly