Unprecedented
This word is thrown around
like popcorn in a movie theater.
like popcorn in a movie theater.
Unprecedented.
\ ˌən-ˈpre-sə-ˌden-təd \
: having no precedent; novel; unexampled.
\ ˌən-ˈpre-sə-ˌden-təd \
: having no precedent; novel; unexampled.
The specific novel coronavirus,
in its particular strain,
is unprecedented.
But these are not unprecedented times,
or unprecedented challenges.
1918-1919: Spanish influenza pandemic.
1347-1353, and intermittently until the 1660s: the Black Death.
This novel coronavirus
is simply a new face, a new chapter
in an old story.
It is not
unprecedented.
in its particular strain,
is unprecedented.
But these are not unprecedented times,
or unprecedented challenges.
1918-1919: Spanish influenza pandemic.
1347-1353, and intermittently until the 1660s: the Black Death.
This novel coronavirus
is simply a new face, a new chapter
in an old story.
It is not
unprecedented.
