MORE FROM THE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME BUT NOT FOR THEE CHRONICLES--SOME THOUGHTS ON THANKSGIVING... CUOMO... DEBLASIO.... UH, NO, NOT CANCELLING THANKSGIVING

Go and see your family on Thanksgiving. Yes, even if you have to travel out of state to do it. In case you’re wondering, yes, I’ve heard of the pandemic, and yet I repeat: Go see your family on Thanksgiving.

Last Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio urged New Yorkers not to travel for the holidays to see their family members. Two weeks earlier, Hizzoner had skipped Columbus Day celebrations in the city, because, according to his spokesperson, “the mayor is out of state visiting family today.”

Never mind getting angry about his hypocrisy. Just do as de Blasio did — not as he said. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/11/01/yes-you-should-plan-on-traveling-to-family-for-thanksgiving/

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE EVERYTHING CROTON GUIDE TO THANKSGIVING 2020, UPDATED THIS MORNING  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/11/your-everything-croton-thanksgiving.html

--MORE FROM THE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME VIRUS CHRONICLES: GOV'S BRO CHRIS CUOMO STILL REFUSES TO WEAR A MASK; many thanks to Croton's own Tom Faranda's Folly for the heads-up....is anyone surprised....A classic - CNN's Chris Cuomo and face masks (not parody or satire)--SEE IT ALL AT https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2020/10/a-classic-cnns-chris-cuomo-and-face-masks-not-parody-or-satire.html

--SEE MORE FROM THE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME VIRUS CHRONICLES AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/10/more-from-good-enough-for-thee-but-not.html

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MEMORY LANE---WHY AMERICAN LIFE WENT ON AS NORMAL DURING THE KILLER PANDEMIC OF 1969

EXCERPTED: “Life continued as normal,” said Jeffrey Tucker, the editorial director for the American Institute for Economic Research. “But as with now, no one knew for certain how deadly [the pandemic] would turn out to be. Regardless, people went on with their lives.”

Which, he said, isn’t all that surprising. “That generation approached viruses with calm, rationality and intelligence,” he said. “We left disease mitigation to medical professionals, individuals and families, rather than politics, politicians and government.”

While it’s way too soon to compare the numbers, H3N2 has so far proved deadlier than COVID-19. Between 1968 and 1970, the Hong Kong flu killed between an estimated one and four million, according to the CDC and Encyclopaedia Britannica, with US deaths exceeding 100,000. As of this writing, COVID-19 has killed more than 295,000 globally and around 83,000 in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University. READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/05/16/why-life-went-on-as-normal-during-the-killer-pandemic-of-1969/