Marisa gets hype about history and compares our current pandemic to the 1918 Spanish flu, and Sarah tries to open her White Claw.*

*EDIT: Marisa misspoke when she said 1/3 of the world's population was allegedly killed by the 1918 Pandemic. The number was 1/5.

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Sources:

https://www.biospace.com/article/compare-1918-spanish-influenza-pandemic-versus-covid-19/

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/comparing-covid-19-with-previous-pandemics#1918:-The-Spanish-flu

https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/philadelphia-threw-wwi-parade-gave-thousands-onlookers-flu-180970372/

https://www.livescience.com/spanish-flu.html

https://www.phillyvoice.com/100-years-ago-spanish-flu-philadelphia-killed-thousands-influenza-epidemic-libery-loan-parade/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanish-flu-1918-china-origins-pandemic-science-health/

https://hiddencityphila.org/2014/07/remembering-the-citys-last-potters-field/

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-1918-spanish-flu-how-the-flu-came-back-to-america/