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History repeats itself - Déjà vu-

Here is a poem written in 1869,

    reprinted during 1919 Pandemic.

And people stayed at home

And read books

And listened

And they rested

And did exercises

And made art and played

And learned new ways of being

And stopped and listened

More deeply

Someone meditated, someone prayed

Someone met their shadow

And people began to think differently

And people healed.

And in the absence of people who

Lived in ignorant ways

Dangerous, meaningless and heartless,

The earth also began to heal

And when the danger ended and

People found themselves

They grieved for the dead

And made new choices

And dreamed of new visions

And created new ways of living

And completely healed the earth

Just as they were healed.

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1720 Plagues

1820 Cholera

1920 Spanish Flu

2020 Coronavirus

Thursday, November 7th, 1918

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KELOWNA

PUBLIC NOTICE

 Notice is hereby given that, in order to pre-
vent the spread of Spanish Influenza, all Schools, public and private, Churches, Theatres, Moving Picture Hall$, Pool Rooms and other places of amusement, and Lodge meetings, are to be closed until further notice.
All public gatherings consisting of ten or more are prohibited.
D. W. SUTHERLAND, Kelowna, B.C., Mayor. 19th October, 1918.