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Millions dead, multiple waves, ships quarantined; a world in crisis. One hundred years ago, humankind was hit by a deadly pandemic during the final months of the First World War: the Spanish Flu.
Now, we're living through another pandemic: Covid-19. What have we learnt and what have we forgotten from one hundred years ago - and will we make the same mistakes again?
Today, we speak to the historian Professor Nancy Bristow and the epidemiologist Professor Gabriel Scally about the past, present and future.
By Channel 4 News5
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Millions dead, multiple waves, ships quarantined; a world in crisis. One hundred years ago, humankind was hit by a deadly pandemic during the final months of the First World War: the Spanish Flu.
Now, we're living through another pandemic: Covid-19. What have we learnt and what have we forgotten from one hundred years ago - and will we make the same mistakes again?
Today, we speak to the historian Professor Nancy Bristow and the epidemiologist Professor Gabriel Scally about the past, present and future.

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