Holidays in a pandemic? Here's what happened in 1918 | World News,The Indian Express
Holidays in a pandemic? Here’s what happened in 1918 The influenza pandemic, like the coronavirus today, seemed to roll across the United States in waves. The winter holidays in 1918 were marked by grievous loss. They came during a relative lull after the deadliest wave, in the fall. Another, smaller surge would peak shortly after New Year’s Day. December 10, 2020 3:25:05 pm A photo provided by Edward A. Rogers and the Library of Congress, of volunteer nurses tending to influenza patients at the Oakland Municipal Auditorium in 1918, in Oakland, Calif. That pandemic...