" Literally. On October 1, 117 people died of Spanish flu in Philadelphia. Still, on October 6, the Philadelphia Inquirer peppily reported that the best way to avoid the disease was to: Live a clean life. Do not even discuss influenza … Worry is useless. Talk of cheerful things instead of the disease.33 "

― Jennifer Wright , Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them