There was a book out a couple of years ago titled “The Great Influenza” by John Barry about the epidemic of 1918. One of the factors apparently that led to the biggest outbreak in America was that a large city (Philadelphia, if I remember correctly) pondered canceling some giant political celebration (fascism was huge in those days with Wilson’s administration pushing “community activism”). They decided to hold the event after all, and this led to thousands of people being exposed to the virus - leading to a major infection rate in the city.
Maybe Mexico is considering this...
THINK. What was going on in 1918? I'd hardly call a WWI loan drive a "political" celebration. Here's a good summary of how Philly and St. Louis handled the outbreak differently, with very different mortality results.