21 Days of Quarantine Too Much?

[Chadeaux]

So, did we learn nothing from the Pandemic of 1918 (the Spanish Influenza)?

My father's step mother told me of there being coffins on every porch in her home town. Nary a family was spared, with many experiencing more than one death in the family.

So, with such a horrible pandemic, how did the Health Service of that time get a handle on the situation?

Spanish Influenza Stopped by Quarantining patients. Here's a bit about how serious they were:

Because few diseases could be cured, the prevention of disease was central to the PHS mission. Under the leadership of Surgeon General Rupert Blue, the PHS advocated the use of scientific research, domestic and foreign quarantine, marine hospitals and statistics to accomplish this mission.


The spread of disease within the US was a serious concern. However, PHS officers were most concerned about the importation of disease into the United States. To prevent this, ships could be, and often were, quarantined by the PHS. Travelers and immigrants to the United States were also required to undergo a medical exam when entering the country. In 1918 alone, 700,000 immigrants underwent a medical exam at the hands of PHS officers.


Within the United States, PHS officers worked directly with state and local departments of health to track, prevent and arrest epidemics as they emerged. During 1918, PHS officers found themselves battling not only influenza but also polio, typhus, typhoid, smallpox and a range of other diseases.

So, the result of the quarantines was the halt of the disease. Quarantine, in fact, has a history of stopping the spread of disease:

Lessons from the History of Quarantine (from the CDC web site)

Quarantine (from the Italian “quaranta,” meaning 40) was adopted as an obligatory means of separating persons, animals, and goods that may have been exposed to a contagious disease. Since the fourteenth century, quarantine has been the cornerstone of a coordinated disease-control strategy, including isolation, sanitary cordons, bills of health issued to ships, fumigation, disinfection, and regulation of groups of persons who were believed to be responsible for spreading the infection

For what purpose is quarantine being denied?

Self imposed quarantine isn't quarantine, otherwise that sick doctor wouldn't have been bowling or riding the subway or doing other things while he was exhibiting symptoms.

Are we too stupid today, or is it deliberate?

 

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