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Wow what a call to arms regarding what occured during the 1918 Flu and how the world responded. An important lesson can be gleaned when one uses the past to understand the present. They made mistakes during the 1918 Flu, like we are making mistakes with COVID19. But they did find steps to ensure people.didny die and we would be wise to listen to thoes lessons and heed them now.

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100+ years ago, an influenza pandemic raced across this world, infecting 500 million people, about ⅓ of our population between 1918-19; & although we have advanced in medicine and technology, as human beings we haven‘t changed much at all. Things are quite eerily the same. In fact, the only 2 differences right now seem to be that 1) we‘re not fighting a world war as well as the virus, and 2) we haven‘t seen a deadlier 2nd wave come through yet.

What's a girl to do while her kindle charges?

So much easier to knit and read on the computer.

Good idea/bad idea?

Not technically a "horror" book, but the events described in it are truly horrifying. I didn't know that the book was meant for a YA audience until I read a review. The images and descriptions are pretty intense and gruesome, not for people easily grossed out. 3 ??? 1/2

Albert Marrin writes some of the best YA history books out there, and this is no exception. He covers the big picture and all the background info while still touching on individual experiences. Highly recommended to anyone early teens and up interested in epidemics/pandemics, WWI, and early 20th century history.

Really enjoying this book by Albert Marrin (everything I have read from him is great) but dying at this newspaper clipping of a baseball player turned preacher.

I finished this yesterday and immediately shoved it into my husband‘s hands. It‘s that good. But also, the last chapter is a little fear-mongering to me.

I liked parts of it but other parts not so much.

This YA book about the 1918 Flu pandemic was recommended by @BethFishReads

It‘s good so far.

Currently ready while keeping an eye on the Reds game! #openingday

My main criticism is that the description of the work that nurses did during the pandemic was reduced to fluffing pillows, saying kind words to patients, & being pretty faces. The author does acknowledge that the work they did was physically & emotionally exhausting and that nurses were willing to put their own health at risk to help others, but offered no description of what that work actually entailed, beyond fluffing pillows & kind words.

Finally! I‘ve been waiting on these for a month! I thought the library was closed yesterday. It wasn‘t! So picked them up today. Now I can get on with the Vera Stanhope series AND read about the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 simultaneously.

#libraryhaul #bookhaul

I kidnapped this one right off the library‘s processing shelf for the weekend — don‘t tell the YA librarian! 🤫

Dreading tomorrow's dentist appointment. Just a cleaning, but any visit to the dentist gives me anxiety. I'd rather give birth without pain meds than go to this appointment.

This is the 100th anniversary year of the great flu pandemic. I have a number of flu books on my list, but I started with this. Although geared to younger teens or tweens, this is a serious examination of the many complex factors that lead to the disease that “killed more ppl in less time than other disease before or since.” Fascinating & accessible w/ great historic photos @penguinrandomhouse