1943-11: (The Pandemic Brings Speculation Fear and Shutdowns — as Pandemics Do the End-of-Year Influenza Outbreak Bringing Widespread Speculation Fear Whiffs…

1943-11: (The Pandemic Brings Speculation Fear and Shutdowns — as Pandemics Do the End-of-Year Influenza Outbreak Bringing Widespread Speculation Fear Whiffs of Underlying National and International Conflict Business and School Shutdowns and Frustrated Caretakers — Among the Sylvain Sisters They Wrote of Their Concern for the Older Members of Their Community Who Were More Vulnerable, Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau in the General Confusion and Lethargy Not Remembering If She Had Informed Her Sister Suzanne Who Was Conducting Research in the Belgian Congo of the Death of Max’s Grandmother During the Epidemic): As pandemics do, the end-of-year influenza outbreak brought on widespread speculation, fear, whiffs of underlying national and international conflict, business and school shutdowns, and frustrated caretakers. Among the Sylvain sisters, they wrote of their concern for the older members of their community who were more vulnerable. And in the general confusion and lethargy caused by the virus running through the Sylvain home, Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau could not remember if she had informed her sister Suzanne, who was conducting research in the Belgian Congo, of the death most close to their unit: her husband Max Bouchereau’s grandmother had passed away during the epidemic.