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Golden History Museum & Park Shared 'Influenza Of 1918'
"Flu situation here is getting dangerous," blared a headline on the front page of Golden's Colorado Transcript newspaper on Dec. 5, 1918.
Oct 30, 2020
“Flu situation here is getting dangerous,” blared a headline on the front page of Golden’s Colorado Transcript newspaper on Dec. 5, 1918.
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Though it’s more than 100 years old, this historic news story about Spanish influenza could’ve been written in 2020. “Clearly, there are similarities between the current pandemic and its 1918 predecessor,” said Mark Dodge, curator of the Golden History Museum. “Amazingly, the 1918 pandemic was mostly forgotten history until now.”
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