My wife’s grandma contracted smallpox.Actually, I suspect that things like small pox and cholera epidemics were so frequent in Colonial Times that wouldn’t bother calling it a pandemic or they would be in a state of constant pandemic.
you might as well eat your belt.I am with you. I used to cringe when I was a cook at a small hotel and someone would come in and order one of our great Filet Mingon steaks well done. Good grief, have they no shame?