Context is key when seeking to understand how our current situation with SARS-CoV-2 fits in the overall view of pandemics. The selections below warrant a hard look.
“F-E-A-R has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything and Run’ or ‘Face Everything and Rise.’ The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar
Source: Visualizing the history of pandemics, Visual Capitalist, March 14, 2020. Link.
Source: Infection trajectory: Flattening the COVID-19 curve, Visual Capitalist, March 16, 2020. Link. Note the interactive graph depicting countries (39) with 100 cases or more.
Source: Deadliest pandemics of the 20th century, CNN, April 27, 2009. Link. This 2009 article from CNN offers some historic perspectives on pandemics or public health emergencies of international concern. It recounts the risks and consequences of historically significant pandemics.
Source: A pandemic, a parade, and 1918’s ‘Flatten the Curve’ lesson (VIDEO), NEWSY, March 17, 2020. Link During the 1918 pandemic, two U.S. cities took wildly different approaches. The results show us the importance of “flattening the curve.”