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A review by carriekellenberger
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry
4.0
History continues to repeat itself and Nature keeps doing her job, while humans continue making the same mistakes.
“So the final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that those who occupy positions of authority must lessen the panic that can alienate all within a society. Society cannot function if it is every man for himself. By definition, civilization cannot survive that. Those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.”― John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Well, clearly we didn't learn that lesson!
The first part of The Great Influenza tells the story of the men and women who were leading experts in their time and it gives the reader good insight into how medicine was evolving at the turn of the century.
The second part of this book is about the influenza outbreak of 1918-1922, how it happened, how patients were affected, the death rate, and the mental health aspects of this disease. (Still no conclusions to MECFS and post viral disease despite the massive number of studies being done these past two years, but I'll wait for that.)
This copy included an afterword that the author wrote in January 2021 as an update to the COVID19 pandemic. I'll make some comments shortly when I've had some time to compile my notes.
“So the final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that those who occupy positions of authority must lessen the panic that can alienate all within a society. Society cannot function if it is every man for himself. By definition, civilization cannot survive that. Those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.”― John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Well, clearly we didn't learn that lesson!
The first part of The Great Influenza tells the story of the men and women who were leading experts in their time and it gives the reader good insight into how medicine was evolving at the turn of the century.
The second part of this book is about the influenza outbreak of 1918-1922, how it happened, how patients were affected, the death rate, and the mental health aspects of this disease. (Still no conclusions to MECFS and post viral disease despite the massive number of studies being done these past two years, but I'll wait for that.)
This copy included an afterword that the author wrote in January 2021 as an update to the COVID19 pandemic. I'll make some comments shortly when I've had some time to compile my notes.