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This time with coronavirus , villages aren ' t taking any chances . Statewide quarantines to help control the coronavirus outbreak are raising heartbreaking memories for many Alaska Natives whose families were devastated by the two-year Spanish flu epidemic that wiped out half the population of
Instagram. Coronavirus . Alaska News. Politics. Hultin, 90, twice retrieved samples of the virus from the lungs of flu victims preserved by permafrost in an Alaska village . Hultin visited the village of Brevig Mission, on Alaska 's Seward Peninsula, on two separate missions nearly a half-century apart.
Statewide quarantines to help control the coronavirus outbreak are raising heartbreaking memories for many Alaska Natives whose families were devastated by the two-year Spanish flu epidemic that wiped out half the population of some villages.
Taking a cue from drastic measures imposed during the 1918-1919 flu outbreak that spread via mail carrier and traders to remote villages, the 200-person village of Grayling on the Yukon River has banned all visitors and is mandating that anyone who leaves during the outbreak be quarantined for 30 days. Other villages are taking similar steps by banning all flights except for in the case of medical emergencies.
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The Spanish flu killed more than 50 million people. These lessons could help avoid a repeat with Let's have a great big parade downtown. We'll all take off our masks together,'" epidemiologist Dr. Larry But the Spanish flu and the novel coronavirus pandemics share two major challenges: the
One of history's most devastating pandemics, the so-called Spanish Flu is seen as an important benchmark by historians who aim to learn lessons from past outbreaks in the face of the current coronavirus pandemic. History repeating itself. "It feels like a time machine, everything we had
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Even the famous Iditarod dog sled race — which in part commemorates the delivery of life-saving medical supplies to Nome during a 1925 diptheria outbreak — saw one of its normal sled dog musher checkpoints moved away from the coastal village of Shaktoolik after residents there grew concerned about an influx of outsiders who could be carrying coronavirus. Researchers say the Spanish flu killed all but six of Shaktoolik's residents.
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The moves by towns like Grayling and Shaktoolik are reminiscent of how the 600-person village of Shishmaref, near Nome, weathered the Spanish flu outbreak: Tribal leaders posted armed guards to ban anyone from entering, likely saving hundreds of lives. During that same outbreak, the nearby village of Wales didn't implement similar restrictions and lost 170 residents, many of whom are buried in a mass grave marked by a wooden cross.
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Why was it called the Spanish flu ? Spain was one of the earliest countries where the epidemic was Countries were left devastated in the wake of the outbreak, as medical professionals had been At the time , this represented a third of the global population. As many as 50 million people died from the
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet’s population—and killed At the time , there were no effective drugs or vaccines to treat this killer flu strain. Citizens were ordered to wear masks, schools, theaters
"It is so recent. This happened in my grandparent's generation. It's not that long ago," said Dalee Sambo Dorough, 60, chairwoman of the Anchorage-based Inuit Circumpolar Council. "This is still with us."
The world is battling the COVID-19 outbreak which started in the city of Wuhan, China, and has spread around the globe killing thousands. The World Health Organization declared a global pandemic on March 11.
(Pictured) A woman walks her dog under a "don't panic" sign hanging at the entrance of a food market that was shut down in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 23.
Military vehicles cross Westminster Bridge after members of the 101 Logistic Brigade delivered a consignment of medical masks to St Thomas' hospital on March 24, in London, England. British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced strict lockdown measures urging people to stay at home and only leave the house for basic food shopping, exercise once a day and essential travel to and from work.
Security personnel wearing facemasks patrol on the streets in Shaheen Bagh area after removing demonstrators continuously protesting against a new citizenship law, while the government imposed a lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in New Delhi on March 24.
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The Ruby Princess Cruise Ship is seen off the coast of Sydney on March 24, in Sydney, Australia. A passenger of the Ruby Princess who tested positive to COVID-19 has died in hospital this morning. There have been 133 cases of COVID-19 connected to the Ruby Princess.
People wearing facemasks buy supplies at a crowded vegetable market at Piliyandala on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital city Colombo on March 24, as the authorities briefly lifted a curfew to allow residents to stock up on essentials amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19.
Community organizer Henry Liu maintains social distance while greeting a resident as InterIm Community Development Association delivers free food to seniors in the Chinatown-International District during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle, Washington, March 23.
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A child walks next to members of the "Psalm 100" evangelical church, dressed as angels and holding placards making reference to coronavirus (COVID-19) are seen during a demonstration at the Paso del Norte international border bridge as taken from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 23.
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It devastated urban populations like Pittsburgh and New York City but also hit vulnerable rural areas like From our perch today, as we brace for the coronavirus ’ inevitable spread, the missteps of 1918 seem The influenza outbreak was far more lethal in our great grandparents’ time than in our own
If the Spanish Flu originated from the process of antigenic shift, could the novel coronavirus have developed the same way? And in fact the Spanish Flu virus was probably a more lethal bug to begin-with. Overall lethality was estimated to be around 3%, but in cities where there were large
Employees eating during lunch break at an auto plant of Dongfeng Honda on March 23 in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. People in central China, where COVID-19 was first detected, are now allowed to go back to work and public transport has restarted, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown.
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Reflecting the current coronavirus crisis, covid-free cupcakes with icing masks make an appearance at the Cheesecake House and Restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand on March 23.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks as he leads a video teleconference with governors about the coronavirus, during a trip to FEMA on March 23 in Washington D.C.
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Empty streets in Tunis reflect the nationwide quarantine declared by the government to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus in Tunisia on March 23.
Cleaning crew in protective gear spray public places with disinfectant to halt the spread of Covid-19 in the Icarai neighborhood in Niteroi, Brazil on March 23.
Members of Joint Task Force 2, composed of soldiers and airmen from the New York Army and Air National Guard, arrive to sanitize and disinfect the Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, in New Rochelle, New York, on March 23.
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Employees of the Vienna International Airport reload boxes with medical protective gear during the spread of coronavirus disease at the Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Austria, on March 23.
A woman wearing a face mask arrives at the South Municipal cemetery in Madrid, on March 23, to attend the burial of a man who died of the new coronavirus. The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged to 2,182 after 462 people died within 24 hours, the health ministry said.
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Alice and Joseph Wilkinson take part in a youtube P.E. class at their home in Manchester, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Manchester, Britain, on March 23.
A family watches a movie from their car at a drive-in theater as South Koreans take measures to protect themselves against the spread of coronavirus on March 23, in Seoul, South Korea.
People travel in a crowded bus to return to their cities and villages before the start of the lockdown by West Bengal state government to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease, in Kolkata, India on March 23.
Times Square stands mostly empty as as much of the city is void of cars and pedestrians over fears of spreading the coronavirus on March 22 in New York City.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison covers his mouth during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on March 23, in Canberra, Australia. Parliament is sitting as scheduled but with restrictions in place to limit the number of people in chamber to observe social distancing rules in place due to COVID-19. Morrison announced late on Sunday that bars, clubs, cinemas, gyms and restaurants, along with other venues, would be closed.
The relative of an inmate cries outside La Modelo jail in Bogota, Colombia on March 22. Violence broke out in the prison out of inmates' fears that authorities are not doing enough to prevent coronavirus inside overcrowded prisons.
Residents clap and bang utensils from their balconies March 22 to cheer for emergency personnel and sanitation workers who are on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus in Mumbai, India.
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Pastor Billy Jones leads a drive-in church service to churchgoers in their cars in the car park of Dunseverick Baptist Church following government advice to avoid all non-essential contact on March 22 in Bushmills, Northern Ireland.
The MSC Fantasia cruise ship, coming from Brazil with 1,338 passengers, of which 27 are Portuguese citizens, is docked in the Cruise Terminal from the Miradouro das Portas do Sol on March 22 in Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese passengers were scheduled to disembark and the others will get off the ship after being screened.
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A laboratory employee works on the production of the hydroalcoholic solution according to WHO recommendations for hygienic hand disinfection March 22 in Paris.
Health workers spray disinfectant on a motorist March 22 in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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A view of deserted the Bandra-Worli sea link over the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India on March 22. India is observing a 14-hour "people's curfew" called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to stem the rising coronavirus caseload in the country of 1.3 billion.
A health worker wearing a face mask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, checks the body temperature of passengers leaving from the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 22.
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Many Alaska Native villages can only be reached by aircraft or snow machine in the winter, or cargo barge in the summer, in theory limiting their connections with the outside world. But at the same time, few villages have comprehensive medical care, requiring that anyone who gets sick must be flown to a larger city for treatment. Additionally, regular cargo flights are needed to keep the residents supplied with basic household items, from food to toilet paper.
Nearly deserted walking paths of the National Mall with the U.S. Capitol seen in the background on March 23, 2020 as officials urge the public to avoid the DC's famous cherry blossoms and are taking steps of closing down public streets to traffic in order to keep visitors away and prevent possible coronavirus spread.
Mail carrier Jasmine Armstrong wears a mask while delivering the mail in Peekskill, N.Y. March 23, 2020. Armstrong says the the postal service supplies gloves and a mask, and she is maintaining the recommended six feet from others in order to avoid being exposed to the Covid-19 virus.
Alba Sanchez, right, and her children, left to right, Stefanie Mendoza, 16, Alberto Mendoza, 11, and Iker Mendoza, 6, pick up their free breakfast and lunch that was delivered on a school bus to Park Place at Loyola apartments on Monday March 23, 2020 in Austin, Texas. Austin ISD continued to provide free meals to its students and their parents amid the school closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Palm Beach Atlantic University student Bella Langston of Dallas, Texas, carries here bedding to her car after students were asked to go home to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in West Palm Beach, Fla on March 23, 2020.
People wait in line with appropriate social distancing for the 8 a.m. opening of the H-E-B in the Tanglewood Village Shopping Center in South Austin, Texas on Sunday March 22, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Joze Sola waves through a window to his 70-year-old mother who lives at Park Bend Health Center in North Austin, Texas on Sunday March 22, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Anne Peepas is blessed by Deacon Bill Shea who was posted in a window on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at St. Joseph Church in Charlton, Mass. The parishioners parked their cars at the front entrance and walked up to the windows to receive their blessings.
Daily routines must continue, Sammy Irizarry of Passaic, wears a mask and gloves as a precaution against COVID-19 while washing his clothes at Tri-City Laundromat on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Irizarry has preexisting health conditions, including diabetes and high blood pressure and is still working.
Police officers direct drivers as they enter Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, New York on March 22, 2020. The park was the first site set in Westchester County set up for Covid-19 testing. New Rochelle was the epicenter of the spread of the Covid-19 virus after congregants of a neighborhood synagogue were the first to be diagnosed with the virus.
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Signs block the paths to the beach at the Okaloosa Island, Florida, Boardwalk, Saturday, March 21, 2020, as beach closure orders are in effect for Walton and Okaloosa Counties in the Northwest Florida panhandle.
Times Square in Manhattan was far emptier than usual for a Saturday afternoon March 21, 2020. Coronavirus concerns have closed almost all businesses and kept most New Yorkers indoors.
A security guard walks through a sparsely populated transit hub in the downtown financial district as retail stores remain shuttered due to COVID-19 concerns, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping orders Friday that will severely restrict gatherings of any size for the state's more than 19 million residents and will require workers in nonessential businesses to stay home.
Medical personnel administer tests to New Jersey residents at the drive-through coronavirus testing center at Bergen County Community College in Paramus, New Jersey on Friday, March 20, 2020.
A sign at Ever Open Cafe references the statewide closure of restaurants in Fort Collins, Colo. on Friday, March 20, 2020. Gov.¤Jared Polis ordered all Colorado restaurants, bars and breweries close to public dining and drinking on Monday, March 16, 2020. Mandatory Credit: Bethany Baker/The Coloradoan via USA Today Network. (Via OlyDrop)
Extremely light traffic moves along the 110 Harbor Freeway toward downtown mid afternoon, Friday, March 20, 2020, in Los Angeles.
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Shoppers line up at a grocery store in Ardsley, NY early Friday morning, March 20, 2020. The store is limiting shoppers and attempting to enforce social distancing.
A man wears a mask on his face and a camera around his neck as he looks at a mostly empty Times Square in New York City, early Thursday evening, March 19 2020.
Healthcare workers screen patients who will be tested for COVID-19 at the FoundCare drive-thru testing station in Palm Springs, Florida on March 19, 2020.
Eva's Village distributes meals to-go to hundreds of north Jersey residents in need during the ongoing coronavirus epidemic on March 19, 2020. The change from sit down meals to take away, is aimed to help minimize the spread of the coronavirus by limiting or canceling in-person events consisting of 50 people or more, according to CDC guidelines.
Healthcare worker Ludnie Emile prepares to test people for COVID-19 at their drive-thru coronavirus testing station in Palm Springs, Florida on March 19, 2020.
Two Taiwanese tourists wear masks while taking in the view at Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on Mar. 18, 2020. Due to the coronavirus COVID-19, park entrance fees are suspended, shuttle bus service is suspended and visitor centers are closed.
Gillian Goldman-Klein helps her son Ethan,6, with his math work as he does his school work at their Bedford, N.Y. home March 18, 2020. Ethan is a first-grader at the Bedford Village Elementary School. Students of all ages have started schooling at home as schools have closed due to coronavirus concerns.
Aerial view of the Lincoln Tunnel entrance during the morning rush hour commute where few cars are seen on the road during the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday March 18, 2020 in Weehawken, N. J.
Jordan Cook of Anderson Interfaith Ministries Hunger Ministries, gets ready to load a car in the drive-through during food pantry hours in Anderson, S.C., March 18, 2020.
Former employees at Redfire Grill in Hockessin, Del. come in for free to help owner Carl Georigi shut down and sort through perishable food for his employees to take home on March 17, 2020. Georigi had to lay off nearly 400 employees across his 6 restaurants after dine-in services were banned by Gov. John Carney Monday afternoon.
Ashley Layton, an LPN at St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, communicates with a person before taking a swab sample at a special outdoor drive-thru screening station for COVID-19 coronavirus in Meridian, Idaho on March 17, 2020.
Clark Drobek works at processing collections of swabs taken from various patients to see if they tested negative or positive for the Coronavirus COVID-19. The pathology and laboratory medicine labs at the Henry Ford Hospital on W. Grand Blvd in Detroit , Mich. were very busy on March 17, 2020 with many medical technologists and laboratory managers working long hours.
Lt. Raul Perez helps fellow New Rochelle Firefighter Marstus Hewitt put on special protective gear firefighters wear when responding to a potential Coronavirus call at New Rochelle fire headquarters in New Rochelle March 18, 2020.
The Mall of America is largely empty after announcing it is closing temporarily because of the coronavirus outbreak, March 17, 2020, in Bloomington, Minn.
A New Orleans Police Department cruiser drives past Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, known as the oldest bar in the United States dating back to the 1700s, as it enforces an order from Louisiana's Governor John Bel Edwards to shut bars and restaurants state-wide to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, La., March 16, 2020.
With gloves, mask and gown on, Johanna Mannone, 79, caresses and hugs her husband Michael Mannone in the front room of WellBridge of Rochester Hills, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Rochester Hills, Michigan on March 13, 2020.She didn't know when she'd get to see him again, perhaps in a few days as the center is restricting visitors because of the Coronavirus Covid-19. She was only able to visit her husband who has lived here for 6 months for a half hour.
Kristi Rodriguez takes the sack lunches being handed out by Student Nutrition workers at Johnston Elementary School in Abilene, Texas on Tuesday March 17, 2020. Rodriguez was feeding her nine-year-old son Lucas and two other children in the back seat. The Abilene Independent School District is handing out breakfast and lunch to students at designated schools around the city.
Volunteers from the nonprofit Sponsored By Grace gathered across the street from the Vista Landing apartments on Cleveland Road in Jacksonville, Fla to distribute 11 pallets of food including dry goods, produce and meat from Feeding Northeast Florida Tuesday, March 17, 2020. According to Ron Armstrong, the Executive Director of Sponsored By Grace his organization has sponsored children in the neighborhood for some time but with the closing of schools due to the coronavirus fears and the the closing of the nearby Save A Lot, two major sources of food for the communities children, they decided to bring food to the community. "It is good that the schools are providing free lunches" said Armstrong "but 70 percent of the neighborhood does not have transportation and with the closed Save A Lot the area has become a food desert." Much of the food from Feeding Northeast Florida was donated by The Players Championship after the cancelation of this years golf tournament.
Vinnie Porretti, of Jupiter, suns on a patch of grass after the Town of Palm Beach closed its beaches to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus on March 17, 2020 in Palm Beach, Fla.
Mar 17, 2020; Valhalla, NY, USA; A car enters an area where tents are set up on the grounds of the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla for Coronavirus testing by appointment only March 17, 2020.
Delta flight DL9954, a Boeing 767 from Atlanta lands at the Pinal Airpark on March 17, 2020. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Delta wide-body aircraft are being moved to storage in Marana, Ariz.
The Outlets at Bergen Town Center in Paramus had fewer shoppers due to the coronavirus, and the mall will be implementing shortened hours starting Monday, March 16, 2020, closing at 7 p.m. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy urged all residents to stay home after 8 p.m.
Bethel School District workers staff a station to hand out breakfast and lunch bags to students at Fairfield Elementary School in Eugene, Ore. on March 16, 2020.
A medical team prepares to test people for COVID-19 at a drive through station set up in the parking lot of FoundCare, federally qualified health center in West Palm Beach, Fla. on March, 16, 2020.
Helen Wood, a client advocate, and Nicole Davis, a special events planer, prepare food packages for client pickup on March 16, 2020. The Center for Food Action in Englewood, NJ is limiting the packing of food donations and access to the inside of their pantry to staff only in accordance to social distancing recommendations to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus. Clients picking up food are doing so outside and all employees are wearing gloves to handle food items and interact with the public. Donations are down and the request for food has increased.
Dr. Marjorie Bessel, Chief Clinical Officer at Banner Health discusses the COVID-19 coronavirus testing process during a press conference in Phoenix on March 16, 2020.
A pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus,, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.
Aranza Arteaga, 4, receives a bagged lunch at the Edison Elementary School in Port Chester, N.Y., March 16, 2020. With public schools closed due to the coronavirus, several schools in Port Chester distributed free lunch to students. (Via OlyDrop)
People entering the White House grounds have temperatures checked by officials at the northwest gate along Pennsylvania Avenue due to the coronavirus emergency before being allowed into the grounds on March 16, 2020 at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Rev. Roger Grimmett delivers his message to an empty sanctuary and a camera crew for First United Methodist Church's Sunday morning service for the first time due to restrictions of large gatherings because of COVID-19, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. First United Methodist Church live streamed their 9 a.m. traditional service as well as their 10:30 a.m. contemporary service on the church's Facebook page because of the restrictions. It's the first time the church has closed to corporate worship since 1918 at the height of the flu epidemic.
Amy Driscoll, 45, looks out the front door of her home, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Hudson, Ohio. After testing positive for COVID-19 on Friday, Driscoll became Summit County's second confirmed case of coronavirus.
New York State Police and Westchester County Police stop cars at the entrance to Glen Island Park in New Rochelle March 14, 2020. The park is the location for mobile testing of the Coronavirus.
Even for a typically slow Sunday afternoon Grand Central Terminal in New York City was quieter than usual March 15, 2020 as Coronavirus concerns kept travelers and tourists off the streets and away from popular destinations in the city.
Deer Valley ski resort officially closed March 15, 2020 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Parent company Alterra Mountain Company closed all of their fifteen resorts.
A health care worker with ChristianaCare takes a swab from a person in a vehicle during a drive-thru coronavirus testing setup in the parking lot of Chase Center on March 13, 2020. Tests were free, and patients will receive their results in two to five days.
People stand outside the gates of Disneyland Park on the first day of the closure of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks as fear of the spread of coronavirus continue, in Anaheim, California, on March 14, 2020.
Customers at grocery chain HEB in Austin look for products among increasingly empty shelves as the city responds to concerns of the spread of the new coronavirus and COVID-19 on March 13, 2020.
ACT Environmental Services crews clean a JetBlue plane after a flight from New York landed Wednesday night carrying a passenger who’d been infected with coronavirus at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida on March, 12, 2020. (Via OlyDrop)
A woman moves out of Chadbourne Hall Thursday, March 12, 2020 on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. The university is one of multiple Wisconsin universities on Wednesday took dramatic steps to ward off or curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, everything from moving courses online to canceling university-sponsored travel and events to extending spring break.
Tourists visit the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on the final day the U.S. Capitol will be open to the public due to the coronavirus outbreak on March 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Earlier today it was announced the U.S. Capitol will be closed until at least April 1 due to evolving concerns about the spread of the virus.
Trader Michael Gallucci works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street, erasing more than 1,400 points from the Dow industrials, as investors wait for a more aggressive response from the U.S. government to economic fallout from the coronavirus.
Judie Shape, left, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, waves to her daughter, Lori Spencer, right, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, as they visit on the phone and look at each other through a window at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. In-person visits are not allowed at the nursing home. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness.
Workers from a Servpro disaster recovery team wearing protective suits and respirators are given supplies as they line up before entering the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash. to begin cleaning and disinfecting the facility, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Washington state.
Street performers who wear character costumes to pose for photos with tourists in exchange for tips, stand around waiting for customers, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in New York's Times Square. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus.
Students leave New Rochelle High School after classes are dismissed, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in New York. State officials are shuttering schools and houses of worship for two weeks in part of the New York City suburb New Rochelle and sending the National Guard there to help respond to what appears to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases.
David Rodriguez, top, and Joseph Alberts, of the City of Austin Transportation Department, take down a South by Southwest street banner on East 7th Street outside the music venue Barracuda on Tuesday March 10, 2020, after SXSW was canceled due to the coronavirus scare.
Passenger aboard the Grand Princess celebrate as they arrive in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, March 9, 2020. The cruise ship, which had maintained a holding pattern off the coast for days, is carrying multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus.
A patient is loaded into an ambulance at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash. Monday, March 9, 2020, near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Washington state.
A worker wipes down fare gates at the Montgomery Street Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on March 7, 2020 in San Francisco, California. As the Coronavirus continues to spread, people are taking precautions to keep themselves and the general public safe by cleaning surfaces and wearing protective masks.
A woman who tested positive with the coronavirus is brought to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, March 6, 2020. She was transferred from Omaha's Methodist Hospital in an isolation pod inside an ambulance.
People walk through a sparse international departure terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport as concern over the coronavirus grows on March 7, 2020 in New York City. The number of global coronavirus infections has now surpassed 100,000, causing disruptions throughout the globe. The airline and travel industries has been especially hard hit by the outbreak, with both business and leisure travelers cancelling plans.
Golden State Warriors fan Noah Gutierrez 11-years-old form Littleton, Colo. holds out his hand while wearing an elastic glove hoping to get a high five from Golden State Warriors Damion Lee prior to their game against the Denver Nuggets, March 3, 2020 in Denver. The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and strangers and avoid taking any item for autographs, the league's latest response in its ongoing monitoring of the coronavirus crisis.
Larry Bowles, an equipment service worker for King County Metro, sprays Virex II 256, a disinfectant, throughout a metro bus at the King County Metro Atlantic/Central operating base on March 4, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. Metro's fleet of 1600 buses will get sprayed once a day to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
Shelves where disinfectant wipes and sprays are usually displayed sit empty in a pharmacy, March 4, 2020, in Providence, R.I., as confirmed cases of the coronavirus rise in the U.S.
A staff member blocks the view as a person is taken by a stretcher to a waiting ambulance from a nursing facility where more than 50 people are sick and being tested for the COVID-19 virus, in Kirkland, Wash. on Feb. 29, 2020.
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"For Inuit, they do recognize there's an upside to being rural and remote. But at the same time, we have too many gaps in terms of infrastructure within those communities that requires cargo flights and barges," Dorough said.
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Across the country, mayors and governors have ordered people to stay at home except for necessary trips for supplies, medical appointments or to exercise. Nationally, about 100 million Americans are subject to the self-quarantine orders, including in New York, California, Ohio, Louisiana, Delaware and Indiana. But some skeptics, including President Donald Trump, are asking whether the restrictions recommended by public health officials are truly necessary.
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A 2006 study for the federal government that examined several isolated communities, including one in Vermont and another in Colorado, concluded that isolated areas that enforced strict quarantines during the Spanish flu pandemic fared better than the nation as a whole.
Gunnison, Colorado, for instance, erected barriers and checkpoints to limit people from entering town, enforced with fines and jail time for violators. The quarantine lasted four months, but the town suffered few deaths from the outbreak, concluded the report titled "A Historical Assessment of Nonpharmaceutical Disease Containment Strategies Employed by Selected U.S. Communities During the Second Wave of the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic", which was written for the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
That report also concluded that communities that rolled back their quarantine orders and then were forced to re-implement them when the outbreak returned were less likely to see voluntary compliance the second time around.
Now, quarantine and shelter-in-place orders are spreading across the country, from Hawaii to New York. And residents of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, have been ordered to "hunker down" to help slow the spread of the virus. While the state is generally considered remote, the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is the fourth-busiest air cargo airport in the world, thanks to being 10 hours from 90% of the industrialized world. Every day, a steady stream of cargo airplanes from Asia land in Anchorage to refuel and swap out crews.
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Sean Asiqłuq Topkok, a professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, said Alaska Native communities that have decided to quarantine themselves are honoring their ancestors.
"From an Alaska Native perspective, the Iñupiat in Shishmaref had sentinels to make sure nobody entered into their community regardless if a person was infectious or not, for the well-being of the whole community," said Topkok, who holds a PhD in indigenous studies and is part Iñupiaq.
"There were many other villages who didn’t survive as well as Shishmaref. What I learned from their survival is vigilance and Iñuuniaqatiunik Ikayuutiłiq," he added, which means "responsibility to tribe" in Iñupiat.
Topkok, 53, said Alaska Native Elders, who are respected older adults within the community, are particularly vulnerable because the coronavirus seems to be more dangerous to older people. In contrast, the Spanish flu epidemic killed large numbers of children.
"Whenever any Elder starts to tell a story, which are all lessons, I stop what I am doing to give them my full attention," Topkok said. "They are the voices of our ancestors. They have witnessed such dramatic change these past couple generations. It’s not only what they know that important to listen to, but also how they continue to adapt to the changes while maintaining resilient people."
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Topkok and Dorough said Alaska Native villages have struggled for generations to access infrastructure taken for granted by other Americans: clean running water, indoor plumbing and even reliable Internet access. Take handwashing, Dorough said: While health officials recommend that people wash their hands frequently with soap and water for 20 seconds at a time, "that's great if you have potable water, a clean source of water."
Many homes in Alaska Native villages use water tanks for drinking water, or collect ice, and toilets are just containers lined with a plastic bag, known as a "honey bucket."
Such conditions have led to long-term problems with pneumonia and tuberculosis outbreaks in villages, compounding existing complications from climate change, which is flooding some coastal villages and changing the ecosystems that subsistence hunters depend on for food, Dorough said.
'It's kind of wave after wave after wave — even though our communities are remote, they are being impacted by things that are now global. And that's affecting our of way of life," she said. "This outbreak is just the latest chapter in that."
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