{"id":2237,"date":"2021-08-08T20:16:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T00:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2021-08-08T20:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T00:16:03","slug":"historical-1918-pandemic-reports-advice-treatments-and-hope-for-our-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/08\/historical-1918-pandemic-reports-advice-treatments-and-hope-for-our-ancestors\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical 1918 pandemic reports, advice, treatments and hope for our ancestors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.2105\/AJPH.8.11.849\">This report from Chicago, Illinois by health officials in 1918<\/a> reads like a one that could have been written in 2021. The upshot is that we should learn from our ancestors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, similar messages were urgently distributed that are similar to those of 2020-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/03\/07\/lens\/07-influenza-01-02\/07-influenza-01-02-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"An image of a Red Cross nurse published in Illustrated Current News. 1918.\" \/><figcaption>An image of a Red Cross nurse published in Illustrated Current News. 1918.Credit&#8230;National Library of Medicine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Another similar health heed<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.time.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/spanish-flu-ads-007.jpg\" alt=\"Newspaper Ads on the Spanish Flu Echo Coronavirus Messaging | Time\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consider the following in the current pandemics<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annwead.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/08\/pexels-photo-5849593.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/annwead.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/08\/pexels-photo-5849593.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Photo by Monstera on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/cutout-paper-composition-of-scheme-with-risk-inscription-5849593\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, in Kansas City, hope against hope was expressed. An article in the Kansas City Star newspaper in December 1918 expressed hopefulness about the &#8220;influenza serum&#8221; after Congress allocated $1 million to push it out to help save U.S. residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hope in Missouri<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/annwead.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/08\/1918-vaccine-article-00000001.tif100-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/annwead.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/08\/1918-vaccine-article-00000001.tif100-2.jpg?w=329\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2241\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/1918-vaccine-article-00000001-tif100-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-2241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1918-vaccine-article-00000001.tif100-2.jpg 329w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1918-vaccine-article-00000001.tif100-2-116x300.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Find an Influenza Serum. Kansas City Star, September 29, 1918\">http:\/\/Find an Influenza Serum. Kansas City Star, September 29, 1918<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hope against hope years later &#8230; <\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlcustoms.com\/goodgenes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/08\/typhoid-treatment-img_6063-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlcustoms.com\/goodgenes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/08\/typhoid-treatment-img_6063-2.jpg?w=848\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2238\" data-link=\"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/typhoid-treatment-img_6063\/\" class=\"wp-image-2238\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">http:\/\/Wilson Daily Times, 21 April 1924.  Graded colored school \u2014 the Colored Graded School on Stantonsburg Street. Colored high school \u2014 Wilson Colored High School, later known as C.H. Darden High school. Wilson Training school \u2014 the private school formed after the 1918 school boycott, known formally as the Wilson Normal and Industrial Institute. Clipping courtesy of J. Robert Boykin III.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report from Chicago, Illinois by health officials in 1918 reads like a one that could have been written in 2021. The upshot is that we should learn from our ancestors. Meanwhile, similar messages were urgently distributed that are similar to those of 2020-21. Another similar health heed Consider the following in the current pandemics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[406,643,707,952],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancestral-historal","tag-chicago-1918-flu","tag-influenza-serum","tag-masks","tag-typhoid-campaign-1924"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}