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A review by cathylantrip
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
4.0
This is a brick of a book and took me awhile to get through. I found the chapters discussing the pandemic itself and how viruses work much more interesting than the opening chapters covering the broader history of medicine in the US. I do wonder how invested I would have been in finishing the book if we weren't currently living through something of a repeating history. I think much of this should have been required reading for the government and public health officials during 2020's COVID-19 pandemic. It seems we haven't learned much from some of our greatest mistakes then.