I’m assuming that most of those on TOTV were alive and well in 1968-1969. That was when the Hong Kong flu hit. How many of you remember social distancing and self-isolating? Oh guess what also happened in 1969? Does Woodstock ring a bell?
According to the CDC, the estimated number of deaths from the HK flu was 1 million worldwide and about 100,000 in the United States. Most excess deaths were in people 65 years and older.
I don’t recall any uproar from my parents, neighbors, nor the senior population back then.
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