Spanish flu September, 1918     COVID-19 March, 2020    
Stay calm
No one in the United States has died
Avoid crowds and public gatherings
Hospital visits suspended  

No one in the United States has died
“A cough or a sneeze can spread disease.”
Hospital visits suspended
Quarantine is merely precautionary  

“A cough or a sneeze can spread disease.”
Isolation established in hospitals
Quarantine is merely precautionary
Physicians need to report cases  

Isolation established in hospitals
Close schools, churches, and places of entertainment
Physicians must report cases
Who could’ve predicted this tidal wave  

Close schools, churches, and places of entertainment
Loved ones die alone
Who could’ve predicted this tidal wave
of illness and death?  

Loved ones die alone
Desperate people turn to strange and dangerous “cures”
for illness, to avoid death
as we translate science into practice  

Desperate people turn to strange and dangerous “cures”
Avoid public gatherings
as we translate science into practice
Stay calm