This week, we review our preparedness for the next pandemic by review one of the deadliest in recent times. We compare our response to COVID-19 to that of the 1918 Influenza Outbreak. During the early 1900's, medicine didn't exist to treat these viruses, and only supportive care existed. As we turn towards COVID-19 and the painfully inadequate response here in the United States, are we truly ready for the next pandemic?

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20220411.655787/

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881810671/white-house-defends-trumps-use-of-racist-term-to-describe-coronavirus

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trump-administration-abuses-thwart-us-pandemic-response#s2g

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1093/phr/116.S2.32

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/05/23/new-surgeon-general-advisory-sounds-alarm-on-health-worker-burnout-and-resignation.html

https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-pandemic-response-cities

Intro/Out Music:

Cody Martin - Leviathan

https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14667

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