8 Fascinating Historical Facts about Isolation and Quarantine

The Apollo 11 astronauts had to quarantine for two weeks in case they had brought back a “space flu”

The Apollo 11 astronauts were quarantined before and after landing on the Moon. Before the launch of the iconic mission, they were confined for two weeks in case they had picked up any bug — as they couldn’t be treated for serious illness in space. On returning from the Moon, the astronauts were again quarantined so that, in the very unlikely chance there was an unknown space flu on the Moon, they would not spread it, potentially leading to a pandemic of lunar origin.

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