Read on Twitter
In 1918, businessmen in Winnipeg affected by public health orders taken to curb that year's flu pandemic blamed the local newspaper for causing panic by covering the flu pandemic.
In 1918 in Cincinnati, there was a debate about the efficacy of wearing masks to prevent that year's pandemic.
In 1918, a New York man claimed that the "so-called epidemic of Spanish influenza" going around that year was "merely an epidemic of pneumonia such as visits this country every now and then ... [and] does not necessitate the closing of schools, churches and places of amusement."
![In 1918, a New York man claimed that the "so-called epidemic of Spanish influenza" going around that year was "merely an epidemic of pneumonia such as visits this country every now and then ... [and] does not necessitate the closing of schools, churches and places of amusement."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUkWRekUMAEO4xp.png "In 1918, a New York man claimed that the \"so-called epidemic of Spanish influenza\" going around that year was \"merely an epidemic of pneumonia such as visits this country every now and then ... [and] does not necessitate the closing of schools, churches and places of amusement.\"")
In 1918, the paper in South Bend, Indiana, reminded people to not kiss in order to fight the flu.
1918 church cancellations, Indianapolis, Indiana.
