Several comparisons have already been made between the current COVID-19 pandemic and other several pandemics we've had in the past. Most prominently, the Spanish Flu of 1918 has been compared to the current pandemic due to the size and impact it had (5 million deaths and approximately 500 million cases). But most comparisons remain constricted to the numbers and tend to overlook the public and administrative reaction to the situation and while looking at the numbers and symptoms is informative in a medical nature, a comparison of the public outcry gives us a deep look inside the mental…