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kpete

(72,014 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2020, 07:05 PM Mar 2020

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"cheerfully sneezing and coughing on the street" during the 1918 flu pandemic (Original Post) kpete Mar 2020 OP

A lot of "Don't Spit" signs all over Phila. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #1

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1. A lot of "Don't Spit" signs all over Phila.

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 07:10 PM

Mar 2020

https://www.phillyvoice.com/100-years-ago-spanish-flu-philadelphia-killed-thousands-influenza-epidemic-libery-loan-parade/

Incubation period was 24-72 hours, very fast! It nailed pregnant women and people in their 20s and 30s the most. Today's 30 somethings have a "screw you, I'm young and immune" attitude regarding this virus and social distancing to protect those at risk.