Re: Spanish flu killed 195,000 Americans in October 1918 alone.

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Jul 17, 2020, 9:58 AM [ in reply to Spanish flu killed 195,000 Americans in October 1918 alone. ]

Wouldn't that many people dying due to doing nothing actually show the deadly results of doing nothing? Also, it's not like every city did nothing at all. This is an interesting read that actually talks about the different responses of some cities.

https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-pandemic-response-cities

How U.S. Cities Tried to Halt the Spread of the 1918 Spanish Flu

How U.S. city officials responded to the Spanish flu played a critical role in how many residents lived—and died.

"When a flu outbreak at a nearby military barracks first spread into the St. Louis civilian population, Starkloff wasted no time closing the schools, shuttering movie theaters and pool halls, and banning all public gatherings. There was pushback from business owners, but Starkloff and the mayor held their ground. When infections swelled as expected, thousands of sick residents were treated at home by a network of volunteer nurses.

Dehner says that because of these precautions, St. Louis public health officials were able to “flatten the curve” and keep the flu epidemic from exploding overnight as it did in Philadelphia.

According to a 2007 analysis of Spanish flu death records, the peak mortality rate in St. Louis was only one-eighth of Philadelphia’s death rate at its worst. That’s not to say that St. Louis survived the epidemic unharmed. Dehner says the midwestern city was hit particularly hard by the third wave of the Spanish flu which returned in the late winter and spring of 1919."

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Also from the above article:

"In San Francisco, health officials put their full faith behind gauze masks. California governor William Stephens declared that it was the “patriotic duty of every American citizen” to wear a mask and San Francisco eventually made it the law. Citizens caught in public without a mask or wearing it improperly were arrested, charged with “disturbing the peace” and fined $5."

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"But San Francisco’s luck ran out when the third wave of the Spanish flu struck in January 1919. Believing masks were what saved them the first time, businesses and theater owners fought back against public gathering orders. As a result, San Francisco ended up suffering some of the highest death rates from Spanish flu nationwide. The 2007 analysis found that if San Francisco had kept all of its anti-flu protections in place through the spring of 1919, it could have reduced deaths by 90 percent."

So I looked it up

And the second curve is not what they're showing you...

So people shouldn’t be concerned about this current pandemic

It actually doesn’t qualify as a pandemic according to cdc.***

Thanks. As you know, it has been widely referred to as a pandemic.***

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We should be concerned

Re: So people shouldn’t be concerned about this current pandemic

I’m not understanding how a pandemic from 100 years ago

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Occam's Razor: or they are twins

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And the babies confirm - somebody

Spanish flu killed 195,000 Americans in October 1918 alone.