CNN.com – Witness to?1918 flu: ‘Death was there all the time’ – Oct 7, 2005: “Barry said vigilantes patrolled the streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico, making people wear their masks.
President Woodrow Wilson continued sending troop ships to Europe, something Barry describes as ‘floating coffins.’
Treatment was limited in 1918 — Carotty said people tried folk medicine, prayer, anything.
‘There were no antibiotics, there was just hope that you’d get through, that fate was kind enough that it wouldn’t hit you or yours,’ he said.”

I’m glad this historian took time to learn the difference between viruses and bacteria. What a dumbass.