Unable to work for at least a few days because "my sister in law who was my most valued friend here" died of the flu an his wife is sick and he is looking after children.
John Barry gives a lecture regarding the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. He details how faulty public policy combined with poverty made for a particularly destructive pandemic.; Further reading: The Great Influenza: the story of the deadliest pandemic in history (New York : Penguin Books, 2018)