Quarantine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===East Samoa, 1918 (flu pandemic)=== During the [[1918 flu pandemic]], the then [[List of governors of American Samoa|Governor of]] [[American Samoa]], [[John Martin Poyer]], imposed a full [[protective sequestration]] of the islands from all incoming ships, successfully preventing influenza from infecting the population and thus achieving zero deaths within the territory.<ref name="scholarcommons.usf.edu"/> In contrast, the neighbouring [[Occupation of German Samoa|New Zealand-controlled]] [[Western Samoa Trust Territory|Western Samoa]] was among the hardest hit, with a 90% infection rate and over 20% of its adults dying from the disease. This failure by the New Zealand government to prevent and contain the Spanish Flu subsequently rekindled [[Mau movement|Samoan anti-colonial sentiments]] that led to its eventual independence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apia |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/mfat75/75-our-story/apia |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=www.mfat.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page