This particular lesson takes a TEDx Talk uploaded in 2016 and makes connections between the past, present and future in a way that will thrill students while leading them to practice skills they need. It examines the rhetoric in a speech by Dr. Jerry Jaax, formerly of USAMRIID, who speaks about the government's response to the 1989 Ebola Reston scare. Then, he links it to the more recent 2013-2016 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. His call to action draws heavy unintended parallels to COVID-1