The World War continued. After declining for three days the mortality advanced in Rochester with nine more deaths making a total of 31 to date in October.  Influenza cases were not expected to let up for two to three weeks.  Seven Coast Guard service members from the Rochester Coast Guard Station were ill.

Not only was America fighting a war, and a pandemic, but it was also flu season.  Across the nation, there were 168 deaths for influenza, but there were also 216 deaths from the flu.  This is why there is a concern that if COVID-19 comes back or is still here in the fall that we will have both illnesses going on at once.

© words by Dan DeMarle 4/25/2020