{"id":106143,"date":"2020-04-27T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T05:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/san-francisco-paid-the-price-for-lifting-spanish-flu-lockdown-early-nowthis"},"modified":"2020-04-27T22:04:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T05:04:05","slug":"san-francisco-paid-the-price-for-lifting-spanish-flu-lockdown-early-nowthis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/san-francisco-paid-the-price-for-lifting-spanish-flu-lockdown-early-nowthis","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Paid the Price for Lifting Spanish Flu Lockdown Early | NowThis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQ6LEc-oVPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During the 1918 flu, San Francisco lifted its lockdown early \u2014 and paid a dire price.<br \/> \u00bb Subscribe to NowThis: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Subscribe\">http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Subscribe<\/a><br \/> \u00bb Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nowth.is\/KnowThis\">https:\/\/go.nowth.is\/KnowThis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In US news and current events today, the coronavirus pandemic, the COVID-19 outbreak has had people around the world in lockdown. People in the United States and the world at large have had to quarantine and practice social distancing and self-isolation when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Some states, like Georgia, are beginning to reopen businesses, but history has shown us that lifting a lockdown too early can have dire consequences. Here\u2019s how San Francisco\u2019s early lifting of regulations during the 1918 flu, a strain of H1N1 virus also referred to as the Spanish flu, nearly doubled the death toll of the city.<\/p>\n<p>#Coronavirus #Lockdown #SanFrancisco #Pandemic #Flu #News #NowThis #NowThisNews<\/p>\n<p>Connect with NowThis<br \/> \u00bb Like us on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Facebook\">http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Facebook<\/a><br \/> \u00bb Tweet us on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Twitter\">http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Twitter<\/a><br \/> \u00bb Follow us on Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Instagram\">http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Instagram<\/a><br \/> \u00bb Find us on Snapchat Discover: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Snapchat\">http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Snapchat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NowThis is your premier news outlet providing you with all the videos you need to stay up to date on all the latest in trending news. From entertainment to politics, to viral videos and breaking news stories, we\u2019re delivering all you need to know straight to your social feeds. We live where you live.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/san-francisco-paid-the-price-for-lifting-spanish-flu-lockdown-early-nowthis\">Continue reading \u201cSan Francisco Paid the Price for Lifting Spanish Flu Lockdown Early | NowThis\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 1918 flu, San Francisco lifted its lockdown early \u2014 and paid a dire price. \u00bb Subscribe to NowThis: http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Subscribe \u00bb Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https:\/\/go.nowth.is\/KnowThis In US news and current events today, the coronavirus pandemic, the COVID-19 outbreak [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}