COMPARING CORONA VIRUS TO THE SPANISH FLU; HOSPITALS ARE MUCH BETTER EQUIPPED THAN
THEY WERE 100 YEARS AGO. SPANISH FLU WAS IMPARTIAL WHILE COVID PRIMARILY ATTACKS THE ELDERLY AND IMMUNE COMPROMISED. THE ABILITY OF RESEARCHERS TO QUICKLY
DEVELOP/ TEST DRUGS FOR DISEASE IS MUCH STRONGER
THAN IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO. GLOBAL COMMUNICATION AND SHARING OF
INFORMATION ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER
THAN IN 1918