Show SO SAY WE lYE Last week under the hading Quarantine the Beaver News at Milford l published the following which Is so expressly our views that we we cop copy It whole QUARANTINE Last week we published an article on the the- results of the flu quarantine as shown by some of our best health officers In some of our larger centers centers centers cen cen- of at population Evidently they are not sure as to the exact benefit to tobe tobe tobe be derived or If It there Is any benefit at all derived from the usual methods methods methods meth meth- of ot quarantine The best evidence goes to prove that fear tear Is one of the worst things to guard against In time of ot an epidemic of any kind and Q quarantine quarantine antine of a town surely produces fear tear Milford got a little taste of antine We closed our dances pool halls and movie shows for a short time but our schools kept open and the attendance was good Travelers were allowed to come and go at willand will willand willand and business was fairly good The flu came and we did the best we could All the neighboring towns enforced much more rigid quarantine regula regula- tion Delta and St St. George In particular particular ular were closed tight but the flu came to them and St. St George admits to homes quarantined and several several sev sev- eral deaths Yet the health officers there sa say the town will wll not be opened until the conditions are absolutely favorable Parowan Cedar and Beaver were not going to let the flu In but it came cameto cameto cameto to them and the they did the best they could Minersville 1 so far tar has escaped but Minersville had It pretty hard last year and It is claimed that localities which were extremely hard hit last year ear are having haYing It light this year In Enterprise last year ear over 70 per cent of the people had It and this year not a case so far tar Now Judging by the records who can tell what is the best method Milford with but little regulation except ex ex- to Isolate the sick has had the flu Other towns round us with their rigid regulations have had the flu New York with rio no o quarantine had almost the lowest death rate Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia with all known kinds of rules and regulations had almost the highest highest highest high high- est death rate Who is there to say which Is the right method t Without any qualification we endorse endorse endorse en en- dorse dorse tully fully the foregoing statement that fear is the worst thing to contend against in an epidemic of ot sickness Dr Jordan assistant health commissioner commis commis- stoner in St. St Louis Is quoted as aa saying sayIng sayIng say- say Ing Fear is an nn element In sickness and more especially Is la fear tear largely the producing cause of ot so called so aUed of disease If It St. St Louis papers sho should ld that flu had reached this thia city there would be cases tomorrow T That at is exactly what happened In Delta Dr Copeland in New York is authority for tor the statement t. t as health commissioner of ot New York No pIcture picture pic plc- ture shows theaters churches sch schools or or r other public gatherings sha shall l be prohibited Let people go goon goon goon on In their normal way with their minUs occupied with their customary occupations rather than fixed by quarantine regulations of the pres- pres of ot an nn epidemic of Influenza This course resulted In Now York having the smallest death rate from Influenza of ot any large city whereas Philadelphia two hours ride away with all nil sorts of ot regulations masks quarantine and every conceivable up to the Jiffy preventive had three times the death rate of ot New York It all depends upon the personal views of those in charge One person person per per- son vested with authority tends to toch ch characterize ever every Incipient bad cold as an outbreak of flu and every case of at pneumonia as influenza Influenza pneumonia nia whereas another with possibly even greater skill refuses to play on the fears tears Be is as It is is we are well supported supported supported sup sup- ported by equal authority In the course of non alarmist and we are glad to avail ourselves of the utterances utterances utterances utter utter- ances of a nearby editor who voices our opinions better than we ourselves can express them I |