John Barry, an expert on the earlier pandemic, speaks with David Remnick about the parallels between 1918 and 2020.
Author and historian Skip Desjardin explores the parallels and the differences between the current COVID-19 pandemic and the deadly 1918 influenza pandemic, known as the "Spanish Flu" which saw the first case in the state of Kansas and killed 100,000 people worldwide.
“The coronavirus may be deadlier than the 1918 flu: Here’s how it stacks up to other pandemics” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-may-be-deadlier-than-1918-flu-heres-how-it-stacks-up-to-other-pandemics.html
