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Scenic Roots

Looking Back At Outbreaks In Chattanooga

WUTC | By Ray Bassett
Published June 14, 2020 at 12:29 AM EDT
Red Cross nurses in 1920 standing next to a car that would take them to deliver needed supplies.
Chattanooga Public Library

Hamilton County now confirms a thousand cases of COVID-19.

As cases spike in this area while the local economy reopens, how did Chattanooga handle past outbreaks?

Suzette Raney is archivist at The Chattanooga Public Library…
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