COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu: A Comparative History
11 min readMar 21, 2020
By Hettie V. Williams
Diseases have a history. Everything has a history. There are some historical parallels between the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19). Though a word of caution is necessary here: these two pandemics are not the same thing; and, the public should be mindful of this fact. That said, my interest here is in illustrating the importance of…