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No learning from the Spanish flu


No learning from the Spanish flu
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The governments of most countries have failed to understand and predict human behaviour
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The governments of most countries have failed to understand and predict human behaviour
In the beginning of COVID-19 last year, thousands of people around the world shared an image on social media depicting the three waves of the 1918 influenza pandemic, commonly known as the Spanish flu. The image had the headline, ‘Humanity should never allow a repeat of the same mistake made in 1918, in the time of COVID-19’. The image read, “The most severe pandemic in history was the Spanish Flu of 1918. It lasted for 2 years, in 3 waves, with 500 million people infected and 50 million deaths. Most of the fatalities happened in the 2nd wave. The people felt so bad about the quarantine and social distancing measures that when they were first lifted, the people rejoiced in the streets with abandon. In the coming ....

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RSVFree: How Indians are trying (and struggling) to wriggle out of attending weddings amid a raging pandemic


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Unable to have tough conversations within family groups fearing friction, many vent their frustration online by sly tweeting at people still going ahead with their grand wedding plans
ETtech
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi
“Opened Facebook after ages today and it’s just a combination of Mother’s Day posts, wedding photos, and Covid obituaries,” Raj Kunkolienkar (@kunksed) tweeted on Sunday.
Kunkolienkar’s post was one part observational and nine parts stemming out of frustration.
Last week, the Goa-based cofounder of Stoa School, a premier B-school, wearily tweeted about his grandmother testing positive for Covid-19 after she was “dragged for a wedding” despite his protest. ....

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