In 1702, during a small pox outbreak in Boston, authorities prohibited churches from ringing bells to memorialize the dead as the death count went up, hoping that it would delude the public into thinking the pandemic was under control. #cautionarytalespod @pushkinpods https://t.co/xgutpaeqoF
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) October 18, 2020