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"After his initial failure to prevent the epidemic from exploding, [Public Health Director] Wilmer Krusen attempted to address the crisis, largely in vain."
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"Lurking among the multitudes was an invisible peril known as influenza—and it loves crowds. Philadelphians were exposed en masse to a lethal contagion widely called 'Spanish Flu,'"
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"Wuhan mayor under pressure to resign over response to coronavirus outbreak...He is slammed for allowing Lunar New Year gathering of more than 40,000 people to go ahead on Sunday."
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NYT: "Cities like St. Louis that reacted quickly — canceling parades and ballgames, shutting schools, transit systems and government offices, ordering the sick to stay home — ultimately had fewer deaths."
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