{"id":2502,"date":"2020-08-24T15:45:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T20:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2021-02-16T23:06:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T04:06:52","slug":"new-delaware-humanities-lecture-examines-pandemic-of-1918","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/new-delaware-humanities-lecture-examines-pandemic-of-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"New Delaware Humanities Lecture Examines Pandemic of 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am pleased that <a href=\"https:\/\/dehumanities.org\/speaker\/mike-dixon\/\">Delaware Humanities <\/a>has selected a timely new program I have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/delmarva-spanish-flu-archive\/\">researching <\/a>about the pandemic of 1918 in the region.&nbsp; The goal of this program is to understand how the experience of 1918, a situation that called for drastic action, unfolded and use this examination in a discussion that connects the past with today.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TITLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We Have Been Here Before: Delmarva During the 1918 Pandemic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influenza-warning-2.jpg?resize=359%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2252\" width=\"359\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influenza-warning-2.jpg?w=760&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influenza-warning-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><figcaption>Art work from the Illinois State Department of Health in 1918.  Source:  National Institutes of Health Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DESCRIPTION &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the nation currently struggling with an unprecedented public health emergency as the coronavirus impacts the nation, this program examines the impact of the so-called Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 on Delmarva and nearby points.&nbsp; The virus took a grim toll in this region, and it overwhelmed the health care system, forcing the region to shut down for an extended period.&nbsp; Although they didn\u2019t call it social distancing at the top of the twentieth century, the methods they used to quarantine the contagion are similar to what we practice today.&nbsp; Thus, as the world struggles with this novel contagion, we will take a relevant look at the past to see how people in the region 102-years ago managed a similar situation, at a time when medical science did not have a treatment for the pathogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Delaware Humanities speakers bureau program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/large.jpg?resize=640%2C783&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/large.jpg?w=817&amp;ssl=1 817w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/large.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/large.jpg?resize=768%2C940&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>A 1918 poster created in response to the virulent created by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation (Source:  Philadelphia Free Library https:\/\/bit.ly\/34BT3Oq)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased that Delaware Humanities has selected a timely new program I have been researching about the pandemic of 1918 in the region.&nbsp; The goal of this program is to understand how the experience of 1918, a situation that called for drastic action, unfolded and use this examination in a discussion that connects the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs","category-spanish-flu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Delaware Humanities Lecture Examines Pandemic of 1918 - Mike&#039;s History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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As journalist Noah Zucker examined the perspective in Delaware, I was interviewed a couple\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spanish-flu-2021-article-delaware-state-news.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spanish-flu-2021-article-delaware-state-news.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spanish-flu-2021-article-delaware-state-news.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spanish-flu-2021-article-delaware-state-news.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2600,"url":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/dont-come-to-delaware-for-liquor\/","url_meta":{"origin":2502,"position":5},"title":"Don&#8217;t Come to Delaware for Liquor","author":"Mike","date":"November 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Opening of saloons may bring rush. (Morning News, Oct. 28, 1917) Listening to the Delaware COVID-19 update on WDEL this Tuesday afternoon (11\/24\/2020), Governor Carney caught my attention when he said don't come to Delaware for your alcohol! One-hundred-two years ago, public health and police officials in Wilmington had a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Prohibition&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Prohibition","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/category\/prohibition\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24_23-38-55.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24_23-38-55.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24_23-38-55.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-11-24_23-38-55.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}