What we can learn about Covid 19 from past pandemics

From Afternoons, 3:24 pm on 1 April 2020

The world has known pandemics before, and an expert on the 1918 flu pandemic says the most important  lesson of the past is simple: tell the truth. Professor John Barry from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine shares the lessons of the past  

An influenza medicine depot in Christchurch for "poor" people. December 1918.

An influenza medicine depot in Christchurch for "poor" people. December 1918. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library