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Category Archive: Dispatches from Fresno

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part XII

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As students returned to school and theaters reopened, was a second wave of the deadly virus about to hit Fresno?

Ethan J. Kytle June 5, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part XI

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The pandemic wanes, the world begins to reopen — but in December 1918, was a second wave about to hit?

Ethan J. Kytle May 26, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part X

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Churches, flu masks, theatrical fare, and some hungry Fresnans. How does the crisis finally unwind?

Ethan J. Kytle May 19, 2020 California, coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part IX

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Fresnans impatiently wait to reopen their city. But has the flu been thwarted?

Ethan J. Kytle May 11, 2020 Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part VIII

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The people of Fresno try to figure out how to celebrate the end of the Great War — without reviving the flu epidemic.

Ethan J. Kytle May 5, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part VII

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The flu appeared to be losing its grip on the city, suggesting that Fresno’s strict social distancing measures were bearing fruit.

Ethan J. Kytle April 27, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, medical history, Urban History

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part VI

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Masks were certainly controversial. In San Francisco, a deputy health officer had shot and severely wounded a man who refused to don one.

Ethan J. Kytle April 20, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part V

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As Fresno moved into the fourth week of its influenza outbreak, the situation appeared increasingly dire.

Ethan J. Kytle April 12, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

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