Twentieth-Century Lessons for a Modern Coronavirus Pandemic
Angel N. Desai
Abstract
In this Medical News article, Howard Markel, MD, PhD, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan, speaks about nonpharmaceutical interventions during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic and their lessons for today.
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