“Remember when we treated the flu with chicken soup, saltines and warm tea instead of communism?”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

Recent entries:
•“You ARE a good driver. That curb DOESN’T belong there” (4/23)
•“‘It’s been a long week.’—Me, in the middle of Tuesday” (4/23)
•“Buying frozen pizza is such a lie. ‘Oh I’ll save this for when I don’t feel like cooking’. Surprise, surprise. Day one” (4/22)
•“Earth Day implies the existence of Moon Night” (4/22)
•“Earth Day implies the existence of Moon Day” (4/22)
More new entries...

Follow @barrypopik

Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.

This site is edited by Barry Popik. These are the Cookies and Privacy Policies.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry from October 01, 2021

“Remember when we treated the flu with chicken soup, saltines and warm tea instead of communism?”

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in 2020 death numbers that were similar to the annual flu, and the number of deaths from the flu dropped dramatically. Many people believed that the new Covid numbers were the old, normal flu numbers, but that people were instructed to be more afraid of Covid.

A joke was posted on Twitter by Yesi on September 23, 2021:

“Remember when we treated the flu with chicken soup, saltines and warm tea instead of communism?”

Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.

Twitter
Yesi
@yesisworld
Remember when we treated the flu with chicken soup, saltines and warm tea instead of communism?
1:07 AM · Sep 23, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
caliborn858
@caliborn858
Remember when we treated the #flu with chicken soup, saltines and warm tea instead of #Communism?
3:14 AM · Sep 23, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
@CaptainObvious
@TruthSurrogate
I’m old enough to remember when we treated the Flu with Chicken Soup, Saltines and warm tea instead of Communism.
3:33 PM · Sep 25, 2021·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Sheila
@SpeckledRaven
Remember when we treated the flu with chicken soup & hot tea instead of authoritarianism? #NoVaccineMandates
12:33 PM · Sep 26, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
ᗪ山卂ㄚ几乇匚ㄖ爪乃丂 #WLM
@KYMISTWALKER
Remember when we treated the flu with chicken soup and crackers, instead of the tyrannical government trying to make you give up your rights
6:45 PM · Sep 26, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
HighImpactFlix
@HighImpactFlix
There was a time when we treated the flu with chicken soup, saltines and peppermint schnapps? Now they use COMMUNISM!
3:09 AM · Oct 1, 2021·Twitter for Android

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Friday, October 01, 2021 • Permalink

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.