FILE - In this 1918 file photo made available by the Library of Congress, volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross tend to influenza patients in the Oakland Municipal Auditorium, used as a temporary hospital. Woodrow Wilson did not address the nation on the subject of the pandemic of 1918-19 a single time, he did not call for Congress to act and he did not summon the nation to come together. (Edward A. "Doc" Rogers/Library of Congress via AP, File)
March 28, 2020
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A flu pandemic was ravaging the world, killing indiscriminately in almost every country, including more than 600,000 deaths in the United States. The states were in a panic, but there was almost no call for broad federal assistance — at least, not one heeded by the president.