poor georgie's almanack:
The “Grippe” is another name for flu.
US President John Tyler has been called the Donald Trump of the 1840s, in part because of their shared views on immigration. Tyler was inciting Protestant attacks on Irish Catholics. Trump’s targets are different, but the language used is similar.
Tyler has the dubious honor of being the only US President for whom an epidemic is named.
He had been elevated from VP in 1841 when old “Tippecanoe” (President William Henry Harrison) died a month after his inauguration. He died from what became known as the “Tyler Grippe.”
Trump and Pence say the current flu is no-one’s fault. Certainly, they would gripe if it becomes known as the “Trump Tragedy” or the “Pence Pandemic.”
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