Monty by Jim Meddick for March 15, 2021

Lucky he wasn’t sent back to Europe, 1348-49.

Back to the Future, in a twisted way….

Deja vu!

History repeats!

Be careful what you wish for ! ( note the Spanish Flu Killed my Great Grand Father in 1920 )

Is Monty about to run into Everett True?

Ahh yes, during the height of the worldwide Spanish Flu epidemic.

And on the heels of WWI (The Great War). We think we got it tough today.

Saw that coming.

Out of the frying pan…

Did he teleport to England? Looks like a London Bobby, and he called him, “Lad”.

Mask scofflaws were very common during the “Spanish” flu epidemic, for pretty much the same reasons that people give today: essentially, “you can’t tell ME what to do!” [cough cough cough]

No worries. Just pop on down to the local pharmacy and get your Spanish Flu vaccination…right?

there were like 95 years between the pandemics you could have picked, or most of the rest of the country’s history, but you went back to the previous global pandemic?! (For the record, the 1918 flu pandemic was NASTY, given how many people died from it doctors believe the only reason it ended was because everyone who COULD die from the flu at the time did)

Didn’t work then either.

I like the historical grit to remind myself about how horrible the past was. The only problem is you have to deal with the writings of the under/uneducated so spelling and penmanship tend to horrible.

But, Monty, you’re going to miss out on another ….

 New World Record in Ball Dropping

… but don’t worry, there’ll be another one along tomoro. How did it come to this? Orange you interested!

2020-01-07 • Presidential Daily Brief: “Analysts concluded [coronavirus] could be a cataclysmic event.” • Trump did nothing.

2020-03-11 • World Health Organization declares a global pandemic.

2020-04-15 • While continuing to lie about the pandemic, Trump suspends US funding for WHO.

2021-03-15 • US coronavirus deaths: 547,325 (61 weeks after PDB; 8973/week)

4% of the world’s population; 26% of its COVID deaths.

 For comparison …

1941-12-07 • Pearl Harbor attack: 2,403

2001-09-11 • terrorist attacks: 2,977 (5 weeks after PDB warned Bush about it)

Korean War (33,686) + Vietnam War (58,220) + Afghan War (7,970): 99,876

WW1: 116,516 (83 weeks for US; 1403/week)

WW2: 418,500 (195 weeks for US; 2146/week)

Civil War: ~620,000 (213 weeks; 2911/week)

Spanish flu: ~675,000 (~117 weeks; 5769/week)

I think I just walked into the middle of todays strip.

It is said masks back during the Spanish flu were like wearing chicken wire over your face for all the effectiveness they have. Same with Covid

@lproster: Oh, so “people are saying”, huh? We’ve been down that road before. Standard answer? “[citation needed]”.

Hoist by his own petard.

Tough luck, Monty. You really should have given your choice of year more thought before responding to the Professor!