Pandemics: avoiding the mistakes of 1918

John M. Barry
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John M. Barry: John M. Barry is a Distinguished Scholar at the Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulane and Xavier Universities, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. He is author of The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History. jbarry@tulane.edu

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7245, 324-325

Abstract: As bodies piled up, the United States' response to the 'Spanish flu' was to tell the public that there was no cause for alarm. The authority figures who glossed over the truth lost their credibility, says John M. Barry.

Date: 2009
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