Nonpharmaceutical Influenza Mitigation Strategies, US Communities, 1918–1920 Pandemic

Abstract

We studied nonpharmaceutical interventions used to mitigate the second, and most deadly, wave of the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in the United States. We conclude that several small communities implemented potentially successful attempts at preventing the introduction of influenza.

Keywords

• 1918–1920 pandemic influenza, nonpharmaceutical interventions, protective sequestration, quarantine, isolation, pandemic mitigation or containment str
• dispatch
• United States