Pandemic Pushback: Duquesne University Professors Say These Disagreements Are Nothing New

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Over the past week, officials in several local counties have pushed back against Governor Tom Wolf’s reopening plan.
According to Duquesne University history professor Andrew Simpson, pushback during a pandemic is not a new concept.
“Even in Pittsburgh 100 years ago, we actually saw tension between the State Commissioner of Public Health and the mayor over when it was time to reopen,” Simpson said.
That was during the 1918 influenza epidemic that kille