The Great Influenza, (Paperback)

from Arizona2078

Has a lot of background history leading up to the actual Pandemic.

from Narboink

This one was rough going initially. The expectation going in is that this is a book about the 1918 flu pandemic, but to get there Barry begins with a long (and somewhat tedious) history of medical education in the United States. This is not without its merits, but it's also not exactly what I was...

from Angelic55blonde

I owned this book for quite awhile before I got a chance to read it. I studied the Great Influenza while getting my master's degree so I already knew a lot about that portion of our history, but this book still brought the sory to me in a new way and I learned more about the beginnings of the pan...

from LB

This book is a must read for anyone who believes in the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is uncanny how many similarities there are between it and the 1918 pandemic.

from BrendaC

History repeats itself. This is proof