Guardian Opinion on COVID responses

[fabrisse]

US Responses to the 1918 Flu offer Lessons for Coronavirus

The comments are interesting, too. Nancy Bristow, the author, focuses on Philadelphia and Seattle responses particularly.

Comments

[neotoma]

Interesting that the author compare Philadelphia and Seattle. Most of the time, the comparison is Philadelphia and Saint Louis.

It's really frustrating to see the same protests as 100 years ago happening now. It's like we've learned almost nothing in the intervening century.

[fabrisse]

Learn something? That's not the American way. *weeps

eta: I take it St. Louis also did it right?