Unfortunately many things have not been taught in history. I am 84 and was 6 years old when WWII started. I vividly remember many things at that time. I remember being quarantined when I had scarlet fever in 1941. My unmarried aunt took care of me in an upstairs bedroom since my sister was only a few months old and my mother could not be with me. My father owned a threshing machine and since it was July with the oats were ready to harvest, he and grandfather had a "threshing ring" where they moved from farm to farm harvesting neighbors grain. Dinner was always served by the wife where they were working and they brought the meal outside to my dad and grandfather, instead of letting them eat in the house with the rest of the men. A sign would be put on your door QUANTEENED SCARLET FEVER and warning people to not enter and also red measles and a few other diseases that I can't remember.

Until 1953 when the vaccine was developed and a few years later, polio was very rampant in the summer time, so we didn't go anywhere. Several of the people living near us and a cousin of mine had this and were in "iron lungs" to help their breathing (probably a forerunner of the ventilators now. People who did recover were often paralyzed, or had other ongoing health problems the rest of their lives.

We are resilient and will get through this. Just be patient (a lacking attribute now) and we will get through this. Stay home and help each other when you can.