Thursday, May 14, 2020

Did You Know



This factoid came from Diane Wolfe:) Thanks, Di.
Did you know, there was a lethal American flu pandemic going on during the time period the Woodstock Concert was held?

37 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

I didn't. And I doubt that any of the attendees (or performers) at Woodstock either knew or cared.
Stay well, stay safe.

Valerie-Jael said...

No I didn't, but there have often been serious epidemics / pandemics of flu. I was very ill with Honk Kong flu when I was a kid, and had to be hospitalized. Hugs, Valerie

Hot guys said...

Hey Sandra! 👋🏻

Nope, I literally had no idea.

Fun-fact! 👌🏻

Anonymous said...

No, but I do know there have been terrible localised and world wide flu inflections in the past.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

My parents remember it. Wasn't central to the news though.

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Thanks, Sandra! Yes, Woodstock took place in the middle of the Hong Kong Flu that killed 100,000 in the US and 1 million world wide - and nothing ever shut down. Full article - https://www.aier.org/article/woodstock-occurred-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR1PhlhtLOyY8KBpgFz7CrKHi7DreqOxy5H71PD_0QE0uWkfFMuZ7kY5pv4

Christine said...

Interesting.

Birgit said...

Oh yeah..I know about the Hong Kong flu and I, obviously, know about Woodstock but never thought of the timeline. I don’t ever recall my parents talking about it and I asked 3 people who were around during that time, about this pandemic and they don’t remember this pandemic at all. I like to think that the scientists and doctors took history as an example of what not to do and decided to take these measures today. The key is how lethal is this virus compared to the one in 1968. There was no social media back then and the media was different too.

Jamie Ghione said...

I heard this just a while ago. Never knew until then.

Jeanie said...

Was that Hong Kong or swine? Interesting.

da tabbies o trout towne said...

I'll will have to read up on this; I didn't know about that...

peppylady (Dora) said...

I also didn't know that

Sandra Cox said...

Oh my gosh, Val. I didn't know that.

Sandra Cox said...

Heh. I doubt that too.

Sandra Cox said...

That's for sure. This one scares me because its so easy to transmit.

Sandra Cox said...

I didn't either, until Di brought it to my attention.
YOU stay safe. Stay healthy.

Sandra Cox said...

I sure had no idea.

Adam said...

I heard that the other day.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I didn't even know about Woodstock until much later. I must live in a closet. Guess that's why I won't catch the virus.

Sandra Cox said...

It was news to me.

Sandra Cox said...

Thanks for sharing the article and the info:)

Sandra Cox said...

Surprised me:)

D.L. Finn said...

I just heard about that Sandra. Crazy.

Lee said...

No,I didn't know...and I was around then, in those days...not at Woodstock, of course.

Perhaps all the LSD and Mary-J protected the throngs who attended! :)

Pat Hatt said...

Nope. Never knew that one.

Sandra Cox said...

It is, isn't it, Denise? Though, that's the 60s for ya:)

Sandra Cox said...

I believe Hong Kong.

L. Diane Wolfe said...

If you read the article though, it takes the opposite view.

Lowcarb team member said...

I didn't !

All the best Jan

Sandra Cox said...

Perhaps it did:)

Sandra Cox said...

Yes, that was a bit of a surprise.
Stay safe. Stay healthy.

Sandra Cox said...

For whatever reason, I couldn't pull it up:(

Sandra Cox said...

Find anything more out?

Sandra Cox said...

Who'd a thought.

Sandra Cox said...

It was a surprise to me too:)

Sandra Cox said...

Woodstock definitely got the coverage. The pandemic, not so much.

Sandra Cox said...

You must be much, much younger than me, Elizabeth:)