Once the Spanish flu epidemic broke out in 1918, what MISTAKES did Americans make in dealing with it, which wound up then allowing the epidemic to become even worse? (find at least 3 or 4 mistakes that were made: Did national, state, and local governments make mistakes in dealing with the Spanish flu? Did the US military make mistakes? Did the news media back then (mainly newspapers) make mistakes? Did ordinary Americans make mistakes or have failures?)

Once the Spanish flu epidemic broke out in 1918, what MISTAKES did Americans make in dealing with it, which wound up then allowing the epidemic to become even worse? (find at least 3 or 4 mistakes that were made: Did national, state, and local governments make mistakes in dealing with the Spanish flu? Did the US military make mistakes? Did the news media back then (mainly newspapers) make mistakes? Did ordinary Americans make mistakes or have failures?)