"Compliance Makes a Difference" by Susan Pearl

My mother was born in 1911.  She was a young girl when the terrible flu came in 1918, 1919, and 1920.  She told of those times when we were growing up.  She remembered the "Quarantined" signs in people's front yards.  She learned at a very young age that when there is flu or illness keep the sick people away from the healthy people.  She applied this knowledge as we were growing up as when one got sick that person had to stay in the bedroom and stay away from the healthy people.  All while we were growing up we were taught to wash our hands before eating.  It was a way of life.  It was the way things were done and we didn't question it as we abided by the rules for the safety and protection of ourselves and others.
So from all this I would like to say that when it comes to the flu people have to comply to the rules. We have to keep our distance from each other and we should wash our hands often.  When this passes, as it will, we should bring up the next generation with the flu rules of distance and handwashing so that it becomes a way of life.  My mother taught this to me as a way of life growing up because she had seen the flu and what it could do.  We need to pass on this information to future generations for them to comply to the rules whenever the flu is involved.  I believe this can and will make a difference.  Yes, compliance to the rules makes a difference.