Letter: Learn from the past

As many communities are rushing to re-open despite still high rates of coronavirus, relevant information is provided in an article in The Week magazine.The article delineates the devastating economic and health impacts of a parade held in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu pandemic. Although I grew up in Philadelphia, I was born long after this and had never heard of it.The article also reported on a study published this year that, “argued that cities that acted early and aggressively to