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Season 1Episode 40

040 - Historian John Barry on COVID-19

Apr 13, 2020
17:51
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The historical context of 1918 shaped much of the response to the flu pandemic in the US—just it will with COVID-19. Dr. Paul Spiegel, director of the Center for Humanitarian Health, talks with historian and author John Barry about how an absence of credible leadership and messaging hindered response efforts then and what lessons we can apply today.

Learn more: jhsph.edu/covid-19

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