#1918

Tina Jordan

TinaJordanNYT

The NYT headlines from the 1918 influenza epidemic mirror the ones from today, it seems. Here's 9/13/18 9/16/1918 9/18/1918 9/19/1918 9/21/1918 9/23/1918, and things seem better 9/25/1918 9/26/1918 9/28/1918 9/29/1918

Strictly Count All The Votes

christoq

If you refused to wear a mask during the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1918-1920, they would put you in jail.#AntiMaskerProblems This picture was taken in California in 1918 during the

Lily Altavena🌵

lilyalta

THREAD: In 1918, Arizona schools closed to try to stop the spread of a flu epidemic. Here's what the news looked like then....At first, schools were closed at least a

Paul Fairie

paulisci

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

Fr. Chris Miller

FrMiller

@OdinsMovieBlog LA Times Oct 13, 1918 Binghamton, NY Press & Sun Bulletin Oct 11, 1918 Brooklyn Times Union (NY) Oct 27, 1918 Spokane, Washington Oct 12, 1918 Boston Globe

Kamala Kelkar

kkelkar

Obviously not the same, *but* @Radiolab did just report that Woodrow Wilson prob had the Spanish flu in 1919 during WW1 peace talks, w the 'extremely common' symptom of mental

Justin Fox

foxjust

Here's my update of the famous NYC mortality-since-1805 chart, assuming deaths for the rest of the year are about normal In deaths per thousand the estimated mortality increase is the

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

During the 1918 influenza outbreak, San Francisco closed non-essential businesses.Cases went down and they quickly reopened, thinking they had won.But then deaths DOUBLED after they prematurely declared victory. Many refused

Simon campbell

thewiltonweigh

Point being corona is new, but epidemiology and public health isn’t. Plenty to learn from past “lockdowns”https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/rapid-response-was-crucial-containing-1918-flu-pandemic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history

Wide Awake 🇺🇸🇨🇭🇩🇪 QArmy Swiss Division

timetowakeupsw1

1918, Spanish flu: HISTORY REPEATSback then, those who refused wearing masks had to go to prison! Let's take a look at these pictures and be amazed how exactly the same

Cynthia Chuang MD MSc

ChuangCynthia

1/ I am (nervously) on board with my county starting to open up this week. Our friends & neighbors need to get back to work. @DauphinCounty—let’s show everyone we can

Fred Bauer

fredbauerblog

One note of caution about extrapolating too much from this statistic (and related studies): The U.S. economy is balanced very differently compared to 1918--much more dependent on service sector now.

John Schmalzbauer

OzarksWatcher

"Our people desire to be helpful in every possible way. So, of course, we will respect the requests and suggestions of the health authorities. But while closing our public places

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

Some people like to question whether this pandemic is really all that bad in terms of deaths. So @jeremyfaust @CarlosdelRio7 et al crunched the numbers and turns out: It’s 70%

Rob Witwer

robwitwer

So this is incredible. My dad, as a child in Pittsburgh, was in the first field trial to receive the Polio vaccine - from Jonas Salk personally. Today he dug

Twanna A. Hines

funkybrownchick

"If both of you are healthy and feeling well, are practicing social distancing and have had no known exposure to anyone with COVID-19, touching, hugging, kissing, and sex are more