Today's Events VS Past Events

We've been studying Greece and the people who ruled it over time. In the past, Athens was hit with a plague too. Although Coronavirus isn't exactly the plague, it's kind of acting like one would. The people who reigned over Greece are also, in a way, like the political leaders trying to calm everyone down. Pericles was a crafty politician, inspirational speaker, and revered general. Our current president is defiantly not a general, but he is a crafty politician and inspirational speaker like Pericles. Pericles kept everyone in his city from turning into criminals. I know that our governor announced that he would send put people in jail if we were out of our houses in large groups for anything other than grocery shopping. People today look at political leaders for guidance on what they should and shouldn't do. I think that without good leaders the whole nation would be in a bigger panic than they already are and the whole economy would start to collapse. When looking back at history, it seems that our current situation isn't that different from the past. I researched how many Coronavirus cases there were in Greece right now and there were more than a thousand. That's still less than how many people died in Greece from that plague. The difference, though, is that this virus is affecting the whole world and that disease only affected Athens. If America acted like Greece in the past, then we would probably call on the gods to help cure us. Since most people in America, though, don't worship more than one God, we are probably sending our prayers up to him. I think that if we all work together, but not come together, we can help stop the spread of the virus. I do think that once we get through all of this it will be cool to look back on and see this in new history books. That’s my take on how the events in Greece are like those of today.