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The 1968–69 ‘Hong Kong Flu’ Pandemic Revisited

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The 1968–69 ‘Hong Kong Flu’ Pandemic Revisited
A sign and VW bus is displayed at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Woodstock Music Festival on its 50th anniversary, in Bethel, New York, near Woodstock, on Aug. 15, 2019. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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It was a very bad year for the flu. The pathogen came in two large waves. This is only obvious in retrospect. At the time, not so much. Life went on as normal. There were gatherings. There were parties. There was travel. There were no masks. Doctors treated the sick. Traditional public health reigned as it had during the flu pandemic 10 years earlier.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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