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Lessons from 1918
https://dentonrc.com/news/landmarks-legacies-years-ago-another-pandemic-turned-denton-into-a/article_a0dd6b2a-d856-5411-9ab5-63c8114eda59.htmlSNIP
Historians documented missteps by city officials across the country, eroding public trust.
In Philadelphia, one of the hardest-hit cities, flu cases spiked after officials allowed the Liberty Loan Parade to take place on Sept. 18, 1918.
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Residents were warned not to congregate in public and to keep children off the streets. Piner was ridiculed.
The quarantine likely saved lives, but local physicians denounced the ban as rash, saying local health conditions didn’t warrant it.