The Pandemic Diaries: Thomas's First Hundred Days
Historians say the main takeaway from the world's last deadly pandemic is the scant evidence that it actually occurred. Journal and diary entries from 1918/1919 have few mentions of it. One reason is that the celebrated news of Armistice Day eclipsed the horrible reality of the outbreak's second wave. There was a collective minimizing of any bad news. People were exhausted. Public Domain Camp Funston, at Fort Riley, Kansas, during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic The scourge this time around has not been as deadly nor as infectious as the one in 1918 but the idiosyncrasies of the novel coronavirus are still baffling doctors. People are hurting and looking for answers. I've always found writing to be therapeutic so I am adding my voice to the annals of pandemic literature. Here are my observations and adventures of the first 100 days since the WHO labelled Covid-19 a pandemic: Lots of Moving - I left the UK on March 24th, a month after the WHO classified Covid