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Post by ReadyMom Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:10 am

HatTip2  Hat tip to John West's blog 'Daily Big Threats':

A Pandemic Parade?? LYIGGFW264I6TINFCYVYVHE4UIIn 1918, a parade sparked a killer flu outbreak in Philadelphia. This Saturday, another parade pays homage to those victims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/in-1918-a-parade-sparked-a-killer-flu-outbreak-in-philadelphia-this-saturday-another-parade-pays-homage-to-those-victims/2019/09/20/5e0ec1f4-da08-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html

On Sept. 28, 1918, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Philadelphia to watch a patriotic spectacle. But the Liberty Loan Parade, which was to promote government bonds that would help pay for the Allied cause in World War I, had an unwelcome guest: influenza.

(SNIP) ... Echoes of that deadly event will sound on Saturday, when a performance art parade takes to the streets of Philadelphia.   ---CONTINUED---

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