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Date: March 14, 2021 11:31PM
It did hasten the work of changing the administration of the sacrament"
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/blog/sacrament-cup-influenza-epidemic-1918?lang=eng"The influenza epidemic of 1918 created a sense of urgency for Latter-day Saints to make the switch to individual sacrament cups"
"On March 21, 1912, the First Presidency issued a letter to stake presidents with a directive to make the change.4 Yet because members of the Church at the local level were expected to raise the funds for new sacrament sets, the transition to individual sacrament cups was gradual at first and took place mostly in wards in the Salt Lake City area."
There are remarkable similaritiies to Utah's response in 1918 and 2020
https://www.influenzaarchive.org/cities/city-saltlakecity.htmlhttps://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2020-10-14/a-tale-of-two-pandemics-utahs-response-to-the-1918-flu-and-coronavirus-outbreaks-chronicled-in-u-of-u-digital-exhibithttps://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/03/31/kristy-money-learn/"By the time the Spanish flu ran its course, Utah set the third highest death rate record in the United States, behind only Philadelphia and Colorado, beating the high rate of deaths per capita even in tight urban spaces like New York City. Four percent of those Utahns who were infected died."