The multiple waves of a pandemic - restrictions are lifted too soon and reimposed

In 1918, a new respiratory virus invaded the human population and killed between 50 million and 100 million people — adjusted for population, that would equal 220 million to 430 million people today. 

Most pandemics have multiple waves. The 1918 Spanish flu had 3 waves with the 2nd wave being the most deadly and the worst one. 

There were 3 different waves of illness during the pandemic, starting in March 1918 and subsiding by summer of 1919. The pandemic peaked in the U.S. during the second wave, in the fall of 1918. This highly fatal second wave was responsible for most of the U.S. deaths attributed to the pandemic.

In 1918 many cities imposed restrictions, lifted them too soon, then reimposed them. Covid-19’s.

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