| Show 0 F inge AIR ve are lo 10 fr wa AIN ll 11 lu I 1 efte flu it must bo be apparent by this time that we are not getting etting ra nd d of the it flu every day witnesses more homes quarantined the emergency hospital is kept filled all the time and the demand for nurses for the homes of those thom afflicted goes unsatisfied reports from tile larger cities in the state are effect that the situation is improving wonderfully the number of new cases is steadily decreasing while the death rate is at the lowest minimum the ban is being gradually gia dually lifted off cities and counties and the results show that no particular ill effects have followed it has been noticed in every instance that the two prominent features which have produced these beneficent results are 1 the en of strict quarantine regulations and 2 the vaccination of people with the new anti influenza serum there is nothing in requiring people outside the sick room to wear masks unless it is to poison them with nith their own foul breath the much experienced adminis officers of every state board of health in the union is against it endorsing the expression of dr J 11 hurty state health commissioner of indiana who says masks are useless deleterious and unnecessary dr T B beatty our own very efficient state health commissioner was at first roundly abused for not requiring universal masking in the state but finally ills his position has been endor endorsed sd and cities which passed masking ordinances ri ances have repealed them finding it ineffective ogden is one of the latest instances that city having abolished its ordinance and enacting more strict quarantine regu lations that is what vernal should do with as little delay as ag possible and the county commissioners should co operate with the city officials and follow the example of almost every other county in the state by enacting an ordinance embodying suph sanitary san italy regulations a as havo have proven to be efficacious in every other place if this is done there is no reason why the ban cannot be lifted from ustah county by the first of the year new life and enchul encouragement argement would then come to the people instead of the gloom and depression which now hangs like a pall over this whole community so long as people axe are compelled to be muzzled in this beautiful atmosphere inhaling over and over again their own breath instead of tre fresh invigorating and pure air of these high valleys and other people are al bowed lowed to go to and fro from the room where the sick and dying lay to scatter death germs among the healthy and well so long ions may we expect to remain under the ban 4 we are not criticizing in the least degree any effort 1 that has boscn b n made to ameliorate amel our condition 4 every official nas done well dr francke our county physician and dr odonnell our city health officer have been um emitting in their efforts to stamp out the disease but they need moie help give them more authority tho rity and then let eveia offender be brought to task for violating any regulation no matter what his name 4 or the color of his hair let the old year see the enda end of if this gloom and indigo and let the new year see us once more with our schools running C P our picture shows furnishing much needed amusement and our sacred places of worship filled with a grateful people for the returned 4 1 blessings 0 of health contentment and rejoicing |
