Pandemic parallels: Postal workers, mail played key roles in 1918 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis isnât the first time the nationâs postal system has risen to the occasion during a national health emergency. Postal workers also played a critical role during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. âLetter carriers then and now were on the front lines,â said Jenny Lynch, the Postal Serviceâs historian. The 1918-19 flu outbreak was…