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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I sent this only to Ellen accidentally earlier, but now I see it is trending I thought I’d resend to the list…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> mhussey@verizon.net <mhussey@verizon.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2020 9:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Ellen Moody' <ellen.moody@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Vwoolf] NYTimes: Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The NY Times has been running occasional obituaries of people in NYC who have died from Covid-19, people whose names would not ordinarily appear in that newspaper. Perhaps a Covid quilt, or a ‘Portraits of Grief’ as was made after 9/11 would become a counterpoint those in the USA who love “freedom” so much they will risk others’ lives a for a haircut!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Vwoolf <<a href="mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ellen Moody via Vwoolf<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 14, 2020 7:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> Kllevenback <<a href="mailto:kllevenback@att.net">kllevenback@att.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:eoutka@richmond.edu">eoutka@richmond.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>; Jane E Fisher <<a href="mailto:fisher@canisius.edu">fisher@canisius.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] NYTimes: Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>One of things I've noticed is how little commemoration or memorials there have been of who has died in this pandemic. During wars we get a plethora of lists of who died; remember how Cronkite used to have a list of who died today in Vietnam. Judy Woodruff on PBS does that. I saw one ceremony in Spain and it was broken up by authorities as defying the quarantine.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The only place I have seen this is on PBS: every three or so nights, Judy Woodruff remembers three or four people. She is careful to include ordinary non-heroes, non high ranking people; indeed most of her portraits are of non-famous people. She has a photo of the person, tells the story of their occupation, a little of their life (as told by the family) and then family and friends. The loss is not just to the person dead but to those whom this person meant a lot to in their lives. I've thought one reason for this silence is there are no general statistics put out by any central authority telling the names and a little about the people who died today. No central sources. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>People do not like to talk of sickness, illness and then real deaths from sickness. Perhaps Susan Sontag deals with this on her book on illness as a metaphor.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ellen<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 6:34 AM Kllevenback via Vwoolf <<a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>My first instinct was to send this to Jane and Elizabeth—but then I reconsidered.<br><br>Stay safe, be well—<br>Karen Levenback<br><br>Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918?<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/1918-flu-memorials.html?referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/1918-flu-memorials.html?referringSource=articleShare</a><br><br><br>Sent from my iPad<br><br><br>Sent from my iPad<br>_______________________________________________<br>Vwoolf mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf" target="_blank">https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>