We clearly saw this coming. In fact, in 2006 President Bush signed “National Strategy For Pandemic Influenza, Implementation Plan”, Homeland Security Council, May 2006. As an epidemiologist, what do you think went wrong? How come we are caught off guard?
Here is a comparison of our policies and fight against the Spanish flu and Covid-19. Remarkable how stay-at-home and social distancing policies worked then too. https://thepeel.news/stay-at-home-orders-worked-a-century-ag...
My grandparents were dating at the time of the Spanish flu. They lived in a little town in the middle of Iowa and practiced social distancing by having their dates at my Grandmother's home, doing quilting, instead of socializing with others.
