This "unprecedented in our memory" thing gets me. Polio was feared in the 1950s, and pools and movie theaters closed and physical distancing was recommended.

This "unprecedented in our memory" thing gets me. Polio was feared in the 1950s, and pools and movie theaters closed and physical distancing was recommended. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/16/162670836/wiping-out-polio-how-the-u-s-snuffed-out-a-killer https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/16/1626708... (The covid-19 numbers FAR outstrip the polio numbers.)