Chicago layers talking about Spanish flu seems more like a page out of the DNC playbook for 2020

"So the Spanish flu obviously was a strain of influenza that ultimately caused something like I think 50 million deaths worldwide and hit Chicago in noticeable numbers beginning in September of 1918, when roughly 250 or 260 cases were first reported. At that point state and local governments began ramping up restrictions on certain activities, much like what we saw here locally in March and April of 2020 in response to the coronavirus.

The first bit of restrictions and local regulations dealt with mandating that people carry handkerchiefs in their pockets to cough and sneeze on and there is a great bit of history about Chicago police officers being asked to stop persistent sneezers and coughers who weren’t covering their faces with these handkerchiefs and violators who promised that they would use the handkerchief next time were let off with a stern warning, but anyone who gave the officers a hard time would be arrested and eventually arraigned, which is kind of similar to what you are seeing and how the enforcement of some of these shelter-in-place rules are like on the Lakefront here in Chicago."

Jon Amarilio: Okay.

Jack Sanker: Yeah. So this was in September of 1918. Early in October, so roughly two-and-a-half weeks later, October 11th, the city closed down dance halls and concert halls. October 16th was then almost total ban in theaters, public gatherings, taverns, things like that. And at the end of October into early April things began to open up gradually with total restrictions being lifted some time, I think it was November 16th, 1918

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