A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ABOUT VETERANS ISSUES, ORGANIZATIONS, EVENTS AND OUR MILITARY HEROES
VOL. 8/ISSUE 20
35 CENTS
THURSDAY • MARCH 19, 2020
A
tale
of
two flus
How do the Spanish and COVID-19 viruses compare? S TORY ON PAGE 7
During the 1918 flu epidemic, the Oakland Municipal Auditorium was in use as a temporary hospital. The photograph depicts volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross tending influenza sufferers in the Oakland Auditorium. ‘Doc’ Rogers (1873-1960), the photographer of this image, was one of the health professionals tending to the sick. Photo by Edward A. ‘Doc’ Rogers/Wikimedia Commons