It’s going to be just fine."

You don’t have to do it.

It may be good.

Donald Trump

It’s only a recommendation."

And at a campaign speech in Ohio last month, Trump claimed the virus “affects virtually nobody.”

While so much about these circumstances seems unprecedented, surprisingly, the country has been here before.

Woodrow Wilson

However, the nation’s president at the time, Woodrow Wilson, stayed silent on the matter.

Woodrow Wilson’s symptoms of the Spanish Flu began as a cough and progressed into hallucinations.

According toUSA Today, Wilson recovered from the virus but was reportedly never the same.