I didn't know about the Bubonic Plague outbreak in the US at the turn of the previoius century!
Interesting piece about how San Francisco handled the plague over half a decade.
Trigger warning: There are many references to white racism toward Asian people (because - history); but (spoiler alert) the heroes of the tale were also white. So you'll have to choose who you want to identify with: the white racists or the white heroes.
You'll want to get to the end to discover why the plague didn't spread like Covid 19 and wipe out 1/3 of the population of the US.
Interesting piece about how San Francisco handled the plague over half a decade.
Trigger warning: There are many references to white racism toward Asian people (because - history); but (spoiler alert) the heroes of the tale were also white. So you'll have to choose who you want to identify with: the white racists or the white heroes.
You'll want to get to the end to discover why the plague didn't spread like Covid 19 and wipe out 1/3 of the population of the US.
Plague at the Golden Gate | American Experience | PBS
Follow the gripping story of the race against time to save San Francisco and the nation from an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900.
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