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1918 Flu

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The Social Distancing Measures of the 1918 Flu

People in 1918 also started keeping their distance as the flu began to spread. People understood that there was something about interpersonal contact that made it more likely to catch the disease. When we come back, we find out who was most vulnerable to this flu and what society did to flatten the curve.

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