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EPISODE · Feb 22, 2018 · 27 MIN

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: A short history and lessons learned

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic--history's worst epidemic which killed more people than World War I and World War II combined. Historian and author of the book, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, John M. Barry joined me to discuss several topics on the history of this unusually deadly influenza pandemic.

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