Within 10 days, over 1,000 Philadelphians lay dead, with another 200,000
estimated ill, and the state government in Harrisburg ordered the city’s public
amusements and gathering places closed down, a ban that shuttered saloons,
theaters, ice cream parlors and movie theaters. It was too little, too late: As
the body count continued to climb, the Catholic archbishop assigned three
thousand nuns and seminarians to staff makeshift hospitals and dig mass graves.
By March 1919, when the threat of influenza lifted, Philadelphia had lost over
15,000 of its citizens.
From: ch...@wbmfg.com
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 2:33 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] shelter in place question
Yeah, that old Woodrow Wilson was quite a fascist...
News from 102 years ago:
The failure of Philadelphia’s government to respond quickly and forcefully
should have alerted other elected officials to the crisis. In some cases, it
did, as in San Diego, where city officials took heed of the carnage that had
overrun eastern cities like Philadelphia, Boston and New York and acted quickly
to close churches, dance halls, gymnasiums, libraries, swimming pools and all
public meetings—except, of course, outside war bond drives. Police enforced
these measures aggressively. When the number of infected citizens did not
immediately drop, municipal officials worked with the Red Cross to produce and
distribute thousands of gauze masks, which many citizens balked at wearing,
despite the entreaties of public health officials. The San Diego Union
dismissed the very idea out of hand, observing that “modern civilization has
abolished the mask as part of the human wearing apparel … only highwaymen,
burglars, and hold-up men wear masks professionally.” Still, the city’s early
and active efforts contributed to smaller mortality numbers than other
municipalities.
Philadelphia had something 1000 dead the first week. City fathers were
assuring people this is nothing more than the regular flu...
Things have not changed much.
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From: Seth Mattinen
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 2:10 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] shelter in place question
On 3/22/20 1:02 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
> Someone just asked Governor Pritzker during his daily press conference
> about letters like these and he said emphatically no, you do not need
> them, nobody in law enforcement is going to ask for papers.
>
But I was clearly told on facebook that only a fascist and/or socialist
police state would order a quarantine.
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