Better history lessons could stave off false pandemic claims

If we were better informed on previous pandemics, it would prevent gaslighting politicians from trying to bamboozle the electorate with apple-to-orange comparisons.

During the Oct. 7 debate, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence claimed that the Democrats had done a worse job of handling the swine flu, in defence of the president’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite it never being considered to be anywhere as lethal as COVID-19, writes Scott Taylor.Screenshot via YouTube/C-SPAN

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

October 14, 2020

OTTAWA—During last week’s vice-presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. VP Mike Pence made a rather outlandish reference to the swine flu epidemic of 2009. In defence of President Donald Trump’s current handling of the COVID-19 crisis, Pence claimed that the Democrats had done a wors...

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