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When Denver Backed Off Social Distancing In The 1918 Pandemic, The Results Were Deadly History Repeats Its Self

Apr 24, 2020 · 1h 2m 37s
When Denver Backed Off Social Distancing In The 1918 Pandemic, The Results Were Deadly History Repeats Its Self
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01 · BACKGROUND BEATS STUDIO

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02 · Obama Pandemic 2014 1

5m 45s

03 · Spike Lee speaks

9m 24s

04 · Make America great again

13m 35s

05 · Mayor of Los Veg people wanting to be out

31m 5s

06 · Joe Madison Georgia

36m 53s

07 · Spike Lee speaks

53m 19s

08 · Make America great again

53m 21s

09 · BACKGROUND BEATS STUDIO

1h 9s

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While some experts tried to calm fears by saying the Spanish influenza epidemic was "ordinary influenza by another name," according to John Barry, the author of the book "The Great...

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While some experts tried to calm fears by saying the Spanish influenza epidemic was "ordinary influenza by another name," according to John Barry, the author of the book "The Great Influenza," by the end of the pandemic, an estimated 675,000 Americans died, primarily in the fall of 1918, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Five days later, Denver Post headlines blared the bad news: "All Flu Records Smashed in Denver in Last 24 Hours," claiming that more Denver residents had died of influenza than Coloradans killed in the First World War. In the end, 8,000 people in Colorado died, but the towns that socially isolated consistently, like Gunnison, did far better than Denver.
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