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The last large-scale quarantine in the United States took place during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.
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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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