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PatSeg

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9. Yes, in many ways, I think worse

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 11:21 AM

Dec 2020

Most people didn't travel very much back then, so it is likely that for many, it didn't spread as far or as quickly as it does today. There would have been areas totally unaffected by the pandemic, because they didn't come in contact with any infected people. Of course, we have the advantage of more sanitary living conditions. Indoor plumbing especially gives us an edge.

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1918 Merry Xmas [View all] kpete Dec 2020 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Dec 2020 #1

This could have been printed yesterday. Hugin Dec 2020 #2

That's probably because it was BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #17

Disappointing. Hugin Dec 2020 #19

I suspected as much. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2020 #24

K, so ... that's some scary shit. The US isn't doing much different than in 1918 and even worse ... uponit7771 Dec 2020 #3

Yes, in many ways, I think worse PatSeg Dec 2020 #9

Actually at the time, a lot of people traveled a lot. sarge43 Dec 2020 #20

Yes PatSeg Dec 2020 #22

Relative isolation certainly gave protection; however, sarge43 Dec 2020 #23

Great find! niyad Dec 2020 #4

K&R gademocrat7 Dec 2020 #5

Why don't some humans learn? SheltieLover Dec 2020 #6

We've done okay with tuberculosis BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #18

My dad was 6 years old and he remembered safeinOhio Dec 2020 #7

My mother was 10 years old and remembered sarge43 Dec 2020 #13

I've spent time looking at grave stones in cemeteries. safeinOhio Dec 2020 #21

I think people were tougher back then. Ligyron Dec 2020 #14

Kick dalton99a Dec 2020 #8

My dad's mother died from that flu frogmarch Dec 2020 #10

K&R onecaliberal Dec 2020 #11

Kick and rec orangecrush Dec 2020 #12

Apparently not 1918 Flu - 1919 Red Cross fight against Tuberculosis - original here Pluvious Dec 2020 #15

It's fake. Original was about TB. BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #16