Opinion

Opinion | Dr David Williams reflects on how the city dealt with Spanish flu in 1919

By David Williams
Updated May 6 2020 - 8:32am, first published 5:00am
PATIENTS SOCIAL DISTANCING: The Newcastle Hospital, pictured, was unprepared to deal with the explosion of Spanish flu patients, so Waratah Benevolent Home was re-purposed to care for them.
PATIENTS SOCIAL DISTANCING: The Newcastle Hospital, pictured, was unprepared to deal with the explosion of Spanish flu patients, so Waratah Benevolent Home was re-purposed to care for them.

Our struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic warrants comparison with the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19.

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