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How will historians remember the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco?


How will historians remember the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco?
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Children line up for a parade in San Francisco in 1918, wearing masks and carrying a stretcher. The influenza of 1918-1919 killed more than 3,500 San Franciscans.Courtesy OpenSFHistory.org
For a few weeks, at least, San Franciscans spent the 1918-19 influenza looking out for each other. They closed businesses. They masked. They followed the rules. And then they quickly lost their minds.
In November 1918, San Francisco public health officials declared premature victory over the pandemic and residents tossed their masks in the gutter, only to watch the flu return the following year and kill nearly twice as many citizens. With more than 3,200 influenza victims, the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918-19 was responsible for more dead San Franciscans than the 1906 earthquake and fire. ....

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