![]() ![]() ![]() Many parallels have been drawn between COVID-19 and the 1918 influenza, making it a particularly timely subject to read about-one that shows the strength of the human spirit in the face of terrible adversity and the parallels between efforts to contain it and present-day measures. I wonder what he and others like him are doing now: How has the current crisis in so many hospitals affected young people with similar interests and ambitions? What would they like to know? And what about teens who haven’t thought much about these topics before-those who may feel even more bewildered, disoriented, and fearful, especially given the mixed-often contradictory-messages they are hearing from adults? One young man who wanted to become a doctor lit up as he talked to me about wanting to someday heal people. Working as a school librarian during two previous pandemics-H1N1 and SARS-I noticed how students with a science bent were fascinated and eager to learn more. ![]()
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