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100 years ago, Philadelphia chose a parade over social distancing during the 1918 Spanish flu – and paid a heavy price

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Members of the War Camp Community Committee make flu masks, in San Francisco, in 1918.
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY
Members of the War Camp Community Committee make flu masks, in San Francisco, in 1918. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY
Soldiers are quarantined while recovering from the Spanish flu at Camp Funston, Kansas, in 1918.
US NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU
Soldiers are quarantined while recovering from the Spanish flu at Camp Funston, Kansas, in 1918. US NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU