Taking a break?

As a history teacher I would like to highlight that the Bubonic Plague that ravaged Europe in the 1600's is still around today. It runs in cycles in prairie dogs and coyote's around here and people still get it from eating certain animals. Nature has a way of reminding the human race that it is superior. This includes tuberculosis, HIV (no cure or vaccine even thou it has killed over 21 million people), polio, small pox's, malaria, and the list is endless.

The Spanish Flu did not start in Spain, but because it was neutral in WWI it reported it's cases. Other countries in the war did not want the other side to know how it was affecting their armies. It is ironic that some think the Spanish Flu actually started in China. Therefore I do not see any reason we cannot call this a Chinese pandemic.

Regardless, it is assumed this is a wake up call from mother nature to be safe, responsible, and do not understand our own mortality.