Comments on: General Conference and the Flu http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/ A Mormon Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: AlexG http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135899 Wed, 06 May 2009 10:46:33 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135899 @ Queuno,

It was the Mexican government who ordered, with varying levels of compliance, that all major meetings to be cancelled. The Mexico City Temple has also been closed. The country is expected to return to activity today, though some primary schools will return next Monday, May 11th.

]]> By: Bassanio http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135746 Mon, 04 May 2009 21:20:55 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135746 If there were a flu outbreak in this era similar to the ones for which conference has been cancelled in the past, I think the church would cancel the mass meetings, but would still televise the speeches.

]]> By: Stirling http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135700 Mon, 04 May 2009 04:44:39 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135700 Portia is correct, according to a Deseret News/Salt Lake Telegram article from September 27, 1957. I’ll update the post to include part of the article.

]]> By: Stirling http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135699 Mon, 04 May 2009 04:06:12 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135699 Queno,
Good question, I was intentionally vague, and was referring to the federal government of the Estados Unidos Mexicanos, as Mexico is formally called.

]]> By: queuno http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135698 Mon, 04 May 2009 04:01:24 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135698 From the article: “Farah says the church is following recommendations from the Mexican government to suspend public gatherings in its capital city and other affected areas.”

Did the recommendation come from US goverment or Mexican government?

]]> By: Portia http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135697 Mon, 04 May 2009 03:47:28 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135697 “Conference schedules were altered twice as a result of flu epidemics: in April 1919, when conference was rescheduled for June, and in 1957, when the October sessions were cancelled because of the Asian flu epidemic.” -http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/55086, “The History of General Conference”

]]> By: Ardis Parshall http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135695 Mon, 04 May 2009 03:14:20 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135695 They may also have canceled some or all of April 1919, since there was a late-spring relapse.

]]> By: Sam MB http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/05/03/general-conference-and-the-flu/#comment-135694 Mon, 04 May 2009 03:04:55 +0000 http://bycommonconsent.com/?p=7878#comment-135694 I suspect 1918, no?

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