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Editorial
. 2021 Oct;111(10):1715-1717.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306453. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

Public Health Responses to Pandemics in 1918 and 2020

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Editorial

Public Health Responses to Pandemics in 1918 and 2020

E Thomas Ewing. Am J Public Health. 2021 Oct.
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FIGURE 1—
Death Rates per 100 000 Population, From All Causes, Weekly: United States, September 14, 1918– November 30, 1918 Note. Parenthetical values in the key represent the mean for the 12 weeks. Peak rates for each city are marked for the appropriate week within the chart. Source. Davis.

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