Bugs in the system
The last large-scale quarantine in the United States took place during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.
National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP
Reporter Nikki Tundel and DJ Mary Lucia discuss the history of quarantines and ponder whether we can trust those with infectious diseases to voluntarily isolate themselves from the healthy.
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