The pandemic wanes, the world begins to reopen — but in December 1918, was a second wave about to hit?
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Fresnans impatiently wait to reopen their city. But has the flu been thwarted?
The people of Fresno try to figure out how to celebrate the end of the Great War — without reviving the flu epidemic.
The flu appeared to be losing its grip on the city, suggesting that Fresno’s strict social distancing measures were bearing fruit.
Masks were certainly controversial. In San Francisco, a deputy health officer had shot and severely wounded a man who refused to don one.
Walt Whitman gives us a window into the ways that Americans once dealt with unmanageable tragedy.
As Fresno moved into the fourth week of its influenza outbreak, the situation appeared increasingly dire.
As Fresno entered the third week of the flu pandemic, health officials scrambled to convince residents to take it seriously.