Pink Eye Outbreak in Tacoma
A highly infectious eye ailment has hit the city, causing suffering and concern among residents.
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'Pink eye' has appeared in Tacoma, and a number of people are confined to their homes with this distressing affection of the eyes. The presence of the disease is indicated by a severe burning sensation in the eyes, which gradually become inflamed and painful. The ailment usually lasts about three days and is highly infectious. When the disease breaks out in a community, it usually becomes epidemic.
“The ailment usually lasts about three days and is highly infectious.”
Public health concerns were documented in a very straightforward, if slightly alarming, way in early 20th-century papers, mirroring how we still track local health alerts today.
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