The 1918 flu pandemic is not a good baseline, except for identifying where we fell short in science, public policy, and action. Remember, 50M+ people died (>50

The 1918 flu pandemic is not a good baseline, except for identifying where we fell short in science, public policy, and action. Remember, 50M+ people died (>500K Americans) at a time when there were maybe 1.5B people around. People weren't quarantined. The death toll was much higher. Not saying those two are directly correlated -- many other factors -- but there's not a good comparison on the "rights" front because of that death toll.