Pandemics: avoiding the mistakes of 1918.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Communication
- Disease Outbreaks
- Federal Government
- Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
- Influenza, Human