The Great Influenza
The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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Written by:
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John M. Barry
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Brought to you by Penguin.
The number one New York Times best seller.
In 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the story of the so-called Spanish Flu teach us about the fight against present day crises and how to prepare for future outbreaks?
At the height of WWI, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in 24 months than AIDS killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.
Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, which provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the aftermath of Covid-19 and future pandemics looming on the horizon.
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- Ashwini Gangal
- 12-04-21
Brilliant, educative, shocking
Absolutely fantastic book. Must read! Medicos, doctors, para medics will love it even more! Applause!
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- VAC
- 21-11-20
An Epic Narrative
The historical detail and the research that has gone into making this book is truly monumental. This book is a must read and re-read not only for a lay person but even for the scientific community and the suffering and sacrifice of that pandemic will echo for long. It holds several lessons for us in these Covid times.
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