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JohnL4 on March 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: God be with you till we meet again (1918)

This "unprecedented in our memory" thing gets me.

Polio was feared in the 1950s, and pools and movie theaters closed and physical distancing was recommended.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/16/1626708...

(The covid-19 numbers FAR outstrip the polio numbers.)

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