I can’t help but be interested in the parallels of our current pandemic with the one in 1918. Naturally, I have been diving into the newspapers and trying to find any information/accounts/statistics of that horrible disease that swept the world back then. I stumbled upon this paper that sheds some light on our county’s experience. Click the hyperlink to see read the document.
Hello, Austin, I am glad you found this study by Dr. Teri Shors who teaches Virology, among other courses at UW-Oshkosh. She is a friend who worked very hard doing the research on the Spanish Influenza. Last summer we were talking about her study because I had mentioned the building of the Riverside Chapel and the Vault which were precipitated by the 1918 epidemic. Little did we know that we would be experiencing another epidemic a few months later. I enjoy your articles. Thank you for sharing them. I presume you are excited about the Fluor blueprints/drawings found at their building on Otter Avenue. What a resource they could be! Cheers,Shirley
Thanks, Shirley!
Yes, I am very excited about the blueprints found! I am hoping my house blueprints are in that stack someplace.