Final Epidemic
April 28, 2009
- In 1918, at least 40 million people --some estimates double that figure-- died in a matter of a few months. The killer was a lethal form of virus: H1N1 influenza, dubbed "Spanish Flu" in the annals of an epidemic that has been largely forgotten.Until now, with a variant of H1N1 currently raising fears of another worldwide pandemic.In this broadcast radio interview I conducted (see ...
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April 26, 2009
- It was several years ago, and a Chicago television interviewer who had surprisingly kind things to say about my then-new novel FINAL EPIDEMIC, threw in a final --and in light of today's flu-outbreak headlines, a woefully uninformed-- aside. "Of course, with today's modern medicine, an influenza pandemic is pretty much a thing of the past, isn't it?" she asked. I was taken aback for a ...
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