"Remember when we treated the flu with chicken soup,…

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.

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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

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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

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@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

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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

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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

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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