We’re All Purposefully Forgetting the Pandemic

People want to talk about ANYTHING else.

Will Leitch
4 min readMar 8

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Around, oh, June 2020, I found myself getting obsessed with the 1918 Flu Pandemic. This was partly because I was sitting around my house with nothing to do and nowhere to go, like most of the rest of you. But mostly: I just wanted to know when this was going to be over. So I looked to history.

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Will Leitch

I write about these tumultuous times 2x a week. Author of five books, including “How Lucky.” NYMag/MLB.. Founder, Deadspin. https://williamfleitch.substack.com