Ever since the coronavirus pandemic broke out in Catalonia, I’ve become fascinated with what influenza pandemic was like in 1918. As is often the case with historical events, things tend to move in a circular fashion: what happened once tends to happen again in a different form.

To that end, I translated an article that I ran across that summarizes the efforts to contain the 1918 flu pandemic, and which also includes interesting remedies recommended by the authorities of the time. For this post, I focused on the town of Sabadell, which is located about 30 kilometers from Barcelona (and about 15 minutes from Cerdanyola). History, like always, has a lot to teach us, and more importantly, can also offer us comfort in uncertain times.

Read More