We're All Going to Die

[JHDK]

Christmas in the grips of the Spanish Flu in 1918 war-weary Britain

After spending three Christmases with little to celebrate during World World One, in 1918 the British people found themselves enduring a festive season under the constraints of a pandemic.

www.dailymail.co.uk

They called it the Spanish Flu...WHAT MONSTERS they were back then!!! God forbid people refer to a pandemic's nation of origin.

Oh and the boy in the middle in the pic with the kids playing with balloons is great. He looks like he'd rather be anywhere else.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Christmas in the grips of the Spanish Flu in 1918 war-weary Britain

After spending three Christmases with little to celebrate during World World One, in 1918 the British people found themselves enduring a festive season under the constraints of a pandemic.

www.dailymail.co.uk

They called it the Spanish Flu...WHAT MONSTERS they were back then!!! God forbid people refer to a pandemic's nation of origin.

Oh and the boy in the middle in the pic with the kids playing with balloons is great. He looks like he'd rather be anywhere else.

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919 | AP US History Study Guide from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

On September 19, 1918, 21-year-old Army private Roscoe Vaughan reported to sick call at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, feeling achy and feverish. He wa...

ap.gilderlehrman.org

The origin of the influenza of 1918 has long been a mystery. The prevailing theory is that it first appeared in the American Midwest in March 1918 and spread to soldiers in training camps across the country where medical officers reported high influenza rates but few deaths. The virus then traveled to Europe, probably aboard troopships, to the Western Front where in May and June it sickened thousands of soldiers but killed few in this first wave. In the wretched conditions of trench warfare, however, the virus flourished, mutating into an especially virulent strain that exploded worldwide in August 1918. This deadly second wave of flu appeared simultaneously in the ports of Boston, Brest (France), and Freetown (Sierra Leone), once again following the troops and trade generated by the war, spreading throughout the globe within weeks. Contemporaries began calling it “Spanish influenza” because Spain was one of the few countries not at war and therefore did not censor reports of illness within its borders.

 

[JHDK]

They should have censored.

And it's even more reason why the China Virus is a proper name for our current situation. It's an accurate description this time around.

 

[JHDK]

Articles like this are fodder for conspiracy theorists:

Chinese economy to overtake US 'by 2028' due to Covid

A UK-based think tank says the pandemic has caused economic momentum to shift further in favour of Asia.

www.bbc.com

 

[HecticArt]

We've already sold out massive amounts of our economy to Asia and the middle east. It's not much of a stretch.

 

[scotchandcigar]

The article implies that we're falling behind because we didn't handle covid as well, hence the conspiracy.

 

[JHDK]

I was thinking that people who like believing wild shit would read articles like that and conclude that the virus was released intentionally by the Chinese government.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I was thinking that people who like believing wild shit

Unfortunately, that's about 25% of Americans.

 

[JHDK]

Unfortunately, that's about 25% of Americans.

But Building 7 and Stanley Kubrick and the Grassy Knoll!!!

 

[Aaron]

This smart home fitness device helps keep your motivation up

Change the way you move with 500+ workouts.

nypost.com

I already take a melatonin gummy every night.

 

[Channel98]

Yes sir, in the midst of a pandemic that has caused the death of more than 355,000 Americans, these drug manufacturers are all heart.

WSJ News Exclusive | Drugmakers Raise Prices 3.3% in the New Year

Prices of hundreds of drugs rose on average by 3.3%, according to an analysis of about 70 companies. The rate was lower than last year’s increases.

www.wsj.com

 

[Aaron]

I know a lot of businesses and restaurants are hurting, I don't doubt that one bit.
Maybe we've been fortunate, but I notice we haven't had a single restaurant close permanently around here since the pandemic started, except for a Quiznos... which would have closed anyway.

How's it been with the restaurant situation where you live?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I know a lot of businesses and restaurants are hurting, I don't doubt that one bit.
Maybe we've been fortunate, but I notice we haven't had a single restaurant close permanently around here since the pandemic started, except for a Quiznos... which would have closed anyway.

How's it been with the restaurant situation where you live?

So far we have lost 3 restaurants I have been too. All sit down ones. 1 was a landlord dispute. The others were covid related. None of them were chains. The chains/franchises won't be hit to hard. Its the independent sit down restaurants which hurt.

 

[Channel98]

Pink's Hot Dogs on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles opened in 1939. I've gotten hot dogs there and they are indeed the mostest bestest anywhere. Many are named after celebrities, such as the Martha Stewart dog, the Ozzy Osbourne Spice Dog and the Emeril Lagasse Bam Dog. Tomorrow, Pink's will temporarily close.

Pink's Hot Dogs To Close For 2 Months Amid Covid Surge

The 82-year-old Hollywood hot dog stand will reopen some time in March 2021.

laist.com

 

[HecticArt]

We've had a couple close permanently, but fortunately none of the ones that we go to regularly have closed that I know of. I know that an Applebee's has closed for good, but our Bravo had closed when the company declared bankruptcy, but has reopened somehow. Not sure how that worked out. There are a few of our favorites that we make an extra effort to do take out from to support as best as we can during all of this mess. We did sushi from our favorite joint NYE, and are planning on hitting our favorite Indian place again soon. (We missed them over the holidays. )

 

[MonoStereo]

Lots of locally owned places shutting down here in KC.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

We've had a couple close permanently, but fortunately none of the ones that we go to regularly have closed that I know of. I know that an Applebee's has closed for good, but our Bravo had closed when the company declared bankruptcy, but has reopened somehow. Not sure how that worked out. There are a few of our favorites that we make an extra effort to do take out from to support as best as we can during all of this mess. We did sushi from our favorite joint NYE, and are planning on hitting our favorite Indian place again soon. (We missed them over the holidays. )

How is the hot dog place we met you at doing?

 

[scotchandcigar]

Lots of complaining over the summer. With the ban on out of staters, the seasonal restaurants were hit hard. They close after the season anyway. Some of the fancier sit-down places decided not to open.

One restaurateur, who owned a fancy sit-down place and a gourmet pizzeria, decided not to open the fancy place. But instead, he opened an awesome Mexican place. We'll see what happens in the spring.

 

[HecticArt]

How is the hot dog place we met you at doing?

I think they are hanging in. They opened a couple of restaurants with drive thru windows a couple of years ago. I think that they have helped. We've been doing that instead of dining in.

 

[Jon]

I know a lot of businesses and restaurants are hurting, I don't doubt that one bit.
Maybe we've been fortunate, but I notice we haven't had a single restaurant close permanently around here since the pandemic started, except for a Quiznos... which would have closed anyway.

How's it been with the restaurant situation where you live?

We haven't had any close, that I'm aware of, but several that are really struggling. I live in a small town with lots of privately-owned, non-franchise restaurants that are getting hit the hardest.