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Using examples from Toronto's newspapers, this article examines the impact of the 1918–19 Spanish flu pandemic on the city's theatre and the changes that followed in the twenties. Like during the COVID-19 pandemic, in 1918 health boards across Ontario ordered all theatres to close. However, after two weeks, theatres opened, and productions from New York City's Broadway, such as the musical comedy Ask Dad, appeared at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, to rave reviews. Toronto's stages became more diverse following the Spanish flu, with productions such as Shuffle Along, the first all-Black musical on Broadway, which hit the city's stages in 1923, and one of the first locally cast shows, Amateur Minstrel Frolics, which appeared in 1924 at the Winter Garden Theatre. This article explores how and why the theatre changed after the last pandemic and what issues, such as those related to race and gender, lingered on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

100 years after the Spanish Flu. Finding the cure in the mind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author discusses the H1N1 virus and warns that panic and overinflated claims over its deadliness may be worse than the flu strain itself in terms of actual effects. He addresses previous problems with vaccines and notes that the H1N1 vaccine has not been tested for safety. He also gives an overview of the history of the swine flu, public reaction, and misinformation, and warns against political or corporate entities who use the disease for profit.

There are almost no monuments to the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 50 million people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It's sickening [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mar. 11, 1918: The Spanish flu epidemic begins [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]