During Covid-19, we were told to stay at home, while at times we were allowed to sit in our balconies and clap for the frontliners in hospital. We were told that if we stay at home, it would save lives and it would not overburden the medical system.
During the Spanish Flu, it was reported that hospitals were so overcrowded that overflow facilities were created. The below photo shows the one at the Eberts Field Military base in Arkansas:
At Walter Reed Hospital, influenza patients were put in beds on the porch, separated by hanging sheets.
“The U.S. Navy set up this emergency camp outside of Mare Island Naval Hospital in Northern California:”
Inside the Mare Island influenza ward:
“San Francisco’s Civic Center complex served as an emergency Navy flu hospital”:
Sounds familiar?