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People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price

  • Written by J. Alexander Navarro, Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan
People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a priceArmistice Day celebrations on Nov. 11, 1918, worried public health experts as people crowded together in cities across the U.S.AP Photo

Picture the United States struggling to deal with a deadly pandemic.

State and local officials enact a slate of social-distancing measures, gathering bans, closure orders and mask mandates in an effort to stem the...

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