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Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Here’s what happened when students went to school during the 1918 pandemic
In 1918, a deadly influence pandemic infected about half a billion people and killed as many as half a million of them across the world. Since the estimated world’s population then was about 1.8 billion, you can assume how infectious and deadly the so-called Spanish flu was. A hundred years later, the world is under coronavirus pandemic. Over 20 million confirmed cases and nearly 800,000 deaths have been reported so far. As effective vaccines are still under development, face masks, social distancing, and air circulation/ventilation are the most effective measures to avoid infections. Now, as the new school year is about to begin in many parts of the world, politicians, health officials, and teachers are under pressure if, when, and how they should open schools. While most colleges and universities have already decided to run classes online only or mainly, many middle and primary schools find it difficult to do the same. After all, schools are the place where students and teachers meet, interact with, and learn from each other. So, what did some of the major cities in the US did a century ago? There may be something we can learn from them.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about the conditions under the pandemic a century ago.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/19/us/schools-flu-pandemic-1918-trnd/index.html
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