The 1918 influenza quarantine
YALE SHUTS HER GATES TO OUTSIDERS DURING NEW HAVEN PANDEMIC
Today the Gothic Gates of campus may appear to separate Yale from the rest of New Haven. In 1918, this barrier was taken to the extreme. That year, under fear of the influenza virus, the University placed itself under a virtual quarantine.
Although the wrought-iron gates could not keep the pandemic — the largest and most wide-spread in history — from spreading, the University isolated all students and faculty to minimize the health threat brewing in the city. Already, because of America’s simultaneous involvement in World War I, Yale had been transformed into a military training...
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