[Vwoolf] NYTimes: Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918?

[Ellen Moody]

I guess I didn't notice. I don't claim to keep up with the New York Times.
I am glad to know the NYTimes is doing that. It's not part of their regular
practice. Ellen

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:34 PM MARILYN ZUCKER <mszucker at aol.com> wrote:

> Each day,  the New York Times has a full page of “those we’ve lost, faces
> from the coronavirus pandemic.” They are average people who have made
> contributions to their communities. Nobody particularly famous but
> important in the small world  they lived in. Like most of us.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 14, 2020, at 7:30 AM, Ellen Moody via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> 
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Ellen
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 6:34 AM Kllevenback via Vwoolf <
> vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
>
>> My first instinct was to send this to Jane and Elizabeth—but then I
>> reconsidered.
>>
>> Stay safe, be well—
>> Karen Levenback
>>
>> Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918?
>>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/1918-flu-memorials.html?referringSource=articleShare
>>
>>
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