by Nomad
Protesters, including Republican Senate candidate Melissa Acksion, left, stand outside the Statehouse Atrium where reporters listen during the State of Ohio's Coronavirus response update on Monday, April 13, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo: Joshua A. Bickel)
People take part in a protest for "Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine" at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on April 15, 2020. - The group is upset with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) who expanded the state's stay-at-home order to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
"The pandemic showed men and women at their worst and at their best. A person’s basic character did not change under its pressure. Faced with such horror, people revealed their real selves, only in exaggerated form. The selfish became more selfish. The callous remained cold-hearted. The cowardly gave in to hysteria, cringed, and whined in self-pity. The brave and dutiful, by their actions, became almost holy."
People take part in a protest for "Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine" at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on April 15, 2020. - The group is upset with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) who expanded the state's stay-at-home order to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 15: Medical workers stand outside NYU Langone Health hospital as people applaud to show their gratitude to medical staff and essential workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic on April 15, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 134,000 lives lost with over 2 million infections reported. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
A medic tends to a coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Ambroise Pare Clinic in Paris, France, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The number of patients in intensive care, which French health authorities consider a key indicator of the intensity of the outbreak, fell to 6,730, the lowest since April 3. (Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A medic tends to a coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Ambroise Pare Clinic in Paris, France, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The number of patients in intensive care, which French health authorities consider a key indicator of the intensity of the outbreak, fell to 6,730, the lowest since April 3. (Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"The pandemic showed men and women at their worst and at their best. A person’s basic character did not change under its pressure. Faced with such horror, people revealed their real selves, only in exaggerated form. The selfish became more selfish. The callous remained cold-hearted. The cowardly gave in to hysteria, cringed, and whined in self-pity. The brave and dutiful, by their actions, became almost holy."
from the book, Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
