An Oregon State University professor’s recent op-ed in the Washington Post draws uncanny parallels between the 1918 flu pandemic and the one we’re struggling through today. OSU Center for the Humanities / Christopher McKnight Nichols is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for the Humanities at Oregon State University in Corvallis. The cities and states that did the best in the 1918 pandemic where those that put on proactive restrictions early, often before major outbreaks. There was a Surgeon General and a U.S. Public Health Office but they had no ability to order states to do anything. Read the Washington Post op-ed by Christopher McKnight Nichols titled"1918 flu is even more relevant in 2022 thanks to omicron"https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/03/1918-flu-is-even-more-relevant-2022-thanks-omicron/

Source: Washington Post January 06, 2022 03:39 UTC