Just like no one knew about 9/11 despite the intelligence warnings. Republicans willful and malevolent ignorance continues to get people killed. Strange stance for the pro life party.

This may be of interest to readers:

Hidden Brain (NPR) --- March 23, 20207:05 PM ET -- audio, 1 hr.
An Unfinished Lesson: What The 1918 Flu Tells Us About Human Nature
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/23/820066211/an-unfinished-lesson-what-the-1918-flu-tells-us-about-human-nature

The interviewee is a Tacoma, WA historian . Very interesting stuff indeed.
To wit: Did you know the "Spanish Flu" started in a KANSAS Army base?

@5
Whoa. Was the US still pissed at Spain for that whole Philippines/Guam/Puerto Rico/Cuba/etc business, or what?

David Lasky is a genius. I'm one of his many, many friends. I'm glad to see he's getting more well-deserved recognition. Dude has skills as an artist and storyteller.

@6 - King County has dramatically slowed the growth of COVID when compared to almost anywhere else that's been seriously hit. You're full of shit.

I'm with #10...what is the point of this?

@6
We point out that if King County knew the virus was coming they did a shitty job of preparing and get deleted?
Evidently a major existential health crisis is no time for inconvenient truths.
So get back to whining and bitching that Trump isn't giving you what you want, you awesome prepared Leftists, you...you are sooooo much smarter trhan everyone else.

hashtagPreparedSeattle;America'sCoronavirusEpiCenter

Just imagine if Fred and MaryAnne McLeod Trump had both been irreparably sterile?