Our Commonwealth is threatened by a serious epidemic of influenza, a highly communicable disease, which in many cases develops into an extremely fatal type of pneumonia. To the People of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: The 10 October 1918 issue of The Patriot reported that the influenza epidemic had not hit the Kutztown area, but the “town is under strict orders to obey the regulations set down by the State Department of Health.” The regulations were listed in the PA Acting Commissioner of Health Dr. Just like today, the Kutztown area was not immune to the pandemic, and the entire community took the necessary precautions as well as helped their neighbors in ways other than “social distancing.” With the COVID 19 pandemic upon us, many people have a renewed interest in the 1918 flu epidemic.
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