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  • THE GREAT INFLUENZA: interview with historian John Barry

    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 ...