the swine, and then bird flu were trial runs to see how scared the public woudl get- and how complaint they would be- the dems didn’t quite dare force people to get vaccines back then- but now they don’t care- and will milk this current pandemic for all it’s worth, with more to come-
I remember the bird flu one pretty well (i remember the swine flu one- but it wasn’t as hyped as bird flu if i recall correct?)- They tried to frighten everyone with constant “It’s coming, hunker down” articles and news reports- it was nonstop- but not enough people ‘took it seriously’ according to the left for them to try their nonsense lockdowns and mask requirements-
The left tried this before- in 1918- They tried to claim ‘many complied’ but i doubt ‘many’ did
May 6, 2020
When Mask-Wearing Rules in the 1918 Pandemic Faced Resistance
Most people complied, but some resisted (or poked holes in their masks to smoke).
https://www.history.com/news/1918-spanish-flu-mask-wearing-resistance
The left have been trying ever since then to force folks to comply- they finally got their wish with covid
Instilling permanent fear in the populace was a lot harder when all you had was Time Magazine, Newsweek, the New York Times, three major TV networks, and the communists hadn’t taken over the government yet. The 24/7 news cycle of CNN, et al hadn’t been invented yet, either, with their insatiable need to keep pumping endless sludge out.
Anyone remember the hype of VEE? Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis back around 1963? It affected horses and some people came down with it causing a near panic.