1918

ok, so the report of the potential for a flu epidemic similar to the one in 1918 was chilling.....especially with the reports of just how unprepared the world is for such an event.....and the leaked report that the president's plan for controlling the epidemia involves the military.......the military.......like there will be riots?.......or will they simply be there to stack the bodies?........as i said...this report was chilling.......the 1918 flu business also touched close to home.....my dad's older brother donald died of the flu that year......one of the few times i can say that my family was touched by larger tragedy......none of my kin were killed in any of the foreign wars, for example.....but the uncle donald died in the flu epidemic.....tale has been part of family lore for as far as i can remember.......there is a quotation associated with it....there was an early family picture of my grandparents......my aunt dorothy is a young child, standing beside my pregnant grandmother who is holding donald.....and my grandfather crown stands behind her......the story goes that she wondered to herself at the time if she would raise them all.......the one standing beside her, the one on her lap, and the one she was carrying......and the answer was no....not donald.....and not tommy.......her last child who died of a brain aneurysm.....and then again, she also outlived vernon....who died of a massive heart attack in his late 50's.......but i digress from flu......flu is most easily prevented by fastigious handwashing.......and when one can't wash......use that cleansing hand gel........