Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-11-29 | Page 4 | Influenza is Passing

UU ; ' INFLUENZA IS . . j PASSING. For the first time in weeks, the Standard sees signs of a rapid decrease in influenza. This change for the better bet-ter is due, no doubt, to the aroused sentiment of tho community which has, caused nearly ovcry individual to observe ob-serve some of the ordinary rules promulgated pro-mulgated for the combatting of the disease. dis-ease. If the people of Ogden will rigidly obey the quarantine laws for just one week, the scourge will pass. At first influenza was considered as nothing more harmful than la grippe, and homes which were afflicted were visited without regard to tho infectious nature of the disease. But of late the publicity given to the deaths and the stories of misery following in the wake of the epidemic have brought tho people of Ogden to a better understanding under-standing of the plague and they arc beginning be-ginning to do as instructed by tho medical med-ical authorities. As a result, influenza influ-enza is about to leave us. The passing of the epidemic will bring almost as much relief as did the signing of the armistice.