Quote:One response, surely from a younger person, was but that does not count, it is was over a 100 year ago. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Life is all about keeping EVERYTHING in perspective.
Since I'm staying in like everyone else, I've been watching a lot more history documentaries. This series has been around for awhile but I just discovered it on YouTube.
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) The show is about 90 minutes and gives the breakdown of every major battle in WW2 both in Europe and the Pacific.
Watch the one about the Battle for Leningrad. The Russians lost 1.1 MILLION soldiers/civilians. The Nazis lost 800.000. This was just in one battle in a 4 yr war.
As terrible as Covid-19 is even with the WORST models we are not going to lose as many people as ONE major battle in WW2.
We are in a war of sorts with Covid-19 but we NEED to keep things in perspective. One of the first things these 90 minute documentaries prove beyond a doubt is that no matter how MUCH you plan or think will work, once the "battle" begins this RARELY work out as planned or as foreseen.
Like Mike Tyson used to say when a opponent said they had a fight plan to beat him? Everyone has a plan UNTIL they get punched in the mouth.
We'll get thru this. There are lessons to be learned IF we're willing to learn them. When the NEXT pandemic hits which it SURELY will, then we'll know if we really learned anything.
I saw a guy wearing this on a T-Shirt the other day. I don't know if he made it himself or bought it.
I tried to catch-up and ask him bu couldn't.
BUY AMERICAN
BUILD AMERICAN
SAVE AMERICA
If we learn NOTHING else, I hope we learn that we as a Nation should NOT rely solely on ANY other nation, neither FRIEND and especially FOE for our vital needs.