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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kayley Mendenhall / The Bulletin
August 13, 2006
During the influenza pandemic of 1918, the disease was so contagious a Bend health officer issued an order making it a misdemeanor crime to cough or sneeze in public.
The law, which may seem silly today, was instituted after Spanish influenza hit Central Oregon in October of that year, making....
