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Premature optimism in a pandemic can be deadly
Seattle leaders relaxed containment rules during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918, fueling a second wave of infections.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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What will historians make of Seattle 500 years from now?
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Before coronavirus: How Seattle handled the Spanish flu
Over a century ago, my grandmother nearly died from the pandemic. Her doctor wasn't so lucky.
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Closing Seattle's National Archives is a 'paper genocide' for some Natives
Wyam tribal member Lana Jack argues the archives contain documents legally affirming her right to exist.