What can the 1918 pandemic teach us about our own health security? With John Barry

In this episode John Barry, author of the bestselling book The Great Influenza discusses the historical and policy lessons of the 1918 flu and what they mean for 2020.

This episode references

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Influenza-Deadliest-Pandemic-History/dp/0143036491

The Espionage Act of 1917

https://iowaculture.gov/sites/default/files/history-education-pss-wwi-espionageact-transcription.pdf

The Sedition Act of 1918

https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_U.S._Sedition_Act

The Committee on Public Information

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1179/committee-on-public-information

Operation Warp Speed

https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Operation-Warp-Speed/

National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan, May 2006

https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/homeland/pandemic-influenza-implementation.html

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Tide-Mississippi-Changed-America/dp/0684840022

John Barry is a prize-winning and bestselling author whose book on the 1918 pandemic influenza won the National Academies of Sciences award for the year's outstanding book on science or medicine.

http://www.johnmbarry.com/events.htm