Compare the flu pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 with caution – the past is not a prediction
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People have turned to historical experience with influenza pandemics to try to make sense of COVID-19, and for good reason.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mari Webel…
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People have turned to historical experience with influenza pandemics to try to make sense of COVID-19, and for good reason.
I am a historian of pandemics. Like an accountant preparing his clientele’s income taxes, you might say, “This is my busy season!
I am a historian of pandemics. Like an accountant preparing his clientele’s income taxes, you might say, “This is my busy season!
I am a historian of pandemics.Like an accountant preparing his clientele’s income taxes, you might say, “This is my busy season!…
I am a historian of pandemics. Like an accountant preparing his clientele’s income taxes, you might say, “This is my busy season!
Over a decade ago, I looked at state lockdown measures during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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Social distancing is one of the simple things that most people can do right now to avoid contracting the COVID-19 virus.
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During the 1918-1919 pandemic, upward of 500 million people were infected (about 30 percent of the global population), and…
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On Jan. 25, 1919, nearly 2,000 San Franciscans showed up at Dreamland Rink for a public meeting of the Anti-Mask League.
O n Jan. 25, 1919, nearly 2,000 San Franciscans showed up at Dreamland Rink for a public meeting of the Anti-Mask League.
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LOS ANGELES — The big, striving city on the south coast moved fairly quickly at the first signs of danger — shutting down bars…
LOS ANGELES — The big, striving city on the south coast moved fairly quickly at the first signs of danger — shutting down bars…
LOS ANGELES — The big, striving city on the south coast moved fairly quickly at the first signs of danger — shutting down bars…
LOS ANGELES — The big, striving city on the south coast moved fairly quickly at the first signs of danger — shutting down bars…
LOS ANGELES — The big, striving city on the south coast moved fairly quickly at the first signs of danger — shutting down bars…
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When the clock struck noon, the masks came off. It was Nov. 21, 1918, and San Francisco residents gathered in the streets to…
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San Francisco had the 1918 flu under control. And then it lifted the restrictions.
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