I dropped this back in post #676....
You would think we would have a better sense of things in the information age but just as an example of "too early". The question is what exactly does that mean and whose opinion is the right one?
Philadelphia Threw a WWI Parade
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With summer, the Spanish flu seemed to subside. But the killer was merely laying in wait, set to return in the fall and winter—typical peak flu season—more lethal than before. As Philadelphia planned its parade, bound to be a large gathering, director of public health Krusen had ignored the growing concerns of other medical experts and allowed the parade to proceed, even as a deadly outbreak raged on nearby military bases.
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