The city‘s newspapers immediately called the scare nothing but a ploy by the Board of Health to receive more funding. One warned that the quarantine could derail the city‘s economy and accused Mayor Phelan of conjuring up the disease as a feint to grab more power. “There is no bubonic plague in San Francisco. I would feel safe and saying that the fear would be foolish as this quarantine is now unnecessary.”
Sound familiar?! #covid192020
6 likes