Historically well-settled. This is just the first time this generation of Americans had to deal with an airborne pandemic like this. Many were surprised at the

Historically well-settled. This is just the first time this generation of Americans had to deal with an airborne pandemic like this. Many were surprised at the authority government has during a disease crisis (I blame a lack of civic education), but the questions had been asked and answered before they were born. People chafed at the restrictions during the 1918 flu also, and many died who flouted them. Philadelphia saturated the city's capacity to process corpses.