Data Report

I propose an Historical Threads section
for example:

1918: How A Flu Virus Became The World's Deadliest Pandemic | The Spanish Flu | Timeline
Link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLUApwPfLE

… I am thinking that By studying how societies dealt with the Spanish flu of 1918 and other plagues in the past can teach us about challenges we face today

Yes indeed, good point Steve, ... If I am not mistaken the "Spanish flu" was only termed so because Spain was the only country to admit that the pandemic actually existed. Unless I am mistaken other countries were busy in war and perhaps in such a state of denial to admit there was a problem and that in reality the flu might have originated from pigs or swine in America.

One of the historical facts that impresses me the most is the footage of people carrying on celebrating war victories and such meanwhile  this microscopic entity killed more people than were murdered in four wars combined making me think flu and diseases even of today should be considered the true enemy. For some reasons plagues and diseases always seem to corresponds during wartime like one exasperates or inspires the other .. methinks  this should not be ignored and that this phenomena we call disease and viruses should be treated more like an enemy.
One can’t help but wonder had our President not caught covid three times the future and even his future might prove different ..
The documentary of 1918 shows soldiers carelessly spreading disease continent to continent made me think of the way we tend to repeat history like when both republican and democratic parties hold superspreader events for the sake of their elections in the very midst of pandemic or when the president sat unmasked eating pizza with soldiers in 2022, also in midst of pandemic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYx6NeopCs
... methinks the multitude today have no clue as to how close they really are to the edge of possible personal extinction considering with every covid variant there remains a shroud of mystery as to its ability or potential to wreak destruction...
I happen to think covid a much more serious disease than many think because on first sight it may appear that covid isnt killing people directly, however covid's long term repercussions may be killing many people indirectly..not to mention overtime  each of covid's mutations may prove lethal eventually...
This appears to have occurred with the incorrectly termed so-called 'Spanish flu' that probably originated in America as "swine flu" in that it started out humbly enough not killing anyone at first  but over time  winded up killing more people than soldiers in a four wars combined did...

"The microscopic killer circled the entire globe in four months, claiming the lives of more than 21 million people. The United States lost 675,000 people to the Spanish flu in 1918-more casualties than World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined.

I like the idea for an Historical documentaries thread section. I will come up with a place to put it somewhere here on the site. Furthermore, I also like the suggestions from Steve. Looks for it some time soon as I catch up on some site work. I have made a note to my self to add this.