It's been a year, and 103 years, since we locked down

It's been a year, and 103 years, since we locked down
There were 27 cases of the Spanish flu reported in Duluth on Oct. 12, 1918, the day the News Tribune announced “Duluth clamps influenza lid.”
Written By: Christa Lawler
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Duluth shut down its public spaces in 1918 to prevent the spread of the Spanish Flu. (1918 News Tribune)
It’s been almost a year since Gov. Tim Walz, in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, asked Minnesotans to “buckle up for a few more weeks.”
It was an unprecedented order for this time and place in history — but a call that was similarly made in response to the 1918 Spanish flu.

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