John Barry On `5 Things You Didn’t Know About Flu’

 

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A short piece by author and historian John Barry (The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History) appears in the latest edition of Foreign Policy.

 

A hat tip to senior moderator JJackson on FluTrackers for posting this link.

 

Well worth reading, so follow the link.

 

The Flu

The world has virtually wiped out polio, eradicated smallpox, and slowed the spread of HIV/AIDS. But when it comes to the deadly influenza virus, all governments seem to do is panic.  

BY JOHN BARRY | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

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John Barry On The Pandemic Response

 

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I’ve been away from my desk since this morning, so I’ve just recently read the opinion piece by author and historian John Barry that Crof over at Crofsblog linked to earlier today.   He calls it the `must read’ of the day, and I quite agree.

 

This appears in the summer issue of the World Policy Journal:  The Next Pandemic.

 

Highly recommended.

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John Barry Radio Interview Tomorrow

 

 

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Last August Sharon Sanders of Flutrackers conducted an hour-long interview with author & Historian  John Barry – who is probably best known for his seminal work The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History.

That first interview can be downloaded at 08/10/09 Guest Author & Historian John Barry from the Radio Sandy Springs archive.

 

Tomorrow, October 26th,  Sharon will interview Mr. Barry once again.  The show will air at 4pm EDT, on Atlanta's 1620 AM, and will be simulcast on the Internet on Radio Sandy Springs.

 

If you are unable to listen at 4pm, the show is generally repeated at 6pm, and is archived for downloading within a couple of days.

 

Radio Sandy Springs 1620 AM, is a low-powered Atlanta based talk radio station that simulcasts on the Internet.   An archive of recent Infectious Disease Hour shows may be accessed here.

 

This is quite obviously an attempt by Sharon to redeem herself after interviewing me two weeks ago.

 

This ought to be an interesting hour, so make plans to listen, or to download the archive when it gets posted next week.

 

You’ll also find an hour-long conversation with John Barry, speaking at MIT in October of 2007, on the MIT World Website.

 

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John Barry Discusses The Pandemic Of 2009

 

 

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John Barry, whose seminal work The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History has probably done more to spark pandemic awareness around the world than anything else, speaks today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about the swine flu pandemic of 2009.

 

Boston.com has a brief interview with Barry today, where he discusses the differences between the 1918 and the 2009 pandemics.

 

The ‘Great flu’ vs. today’s

John Barry on swine flu: “This is clearly a serious disease, even though the death total ... does not look like it will approach the enormous numbers people have been afraid of.’’ (Chris Greenberg/Getty Images/File 2005)

October 5, 2009

Until John Barry’s spellbinding tome emerged in 2004, the influenza pandemic of 1918 was largely a footnote in the annals of sprawling human tragedies. Which, in retrospect, is hard to believe. The viral tsunami that swept the planet killed at least 50 million and, potentially, twice that. Other books had chronicled the crisis, but it was Barry’s, “The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History,’’ that resonated most with readers and policy makers. Now, Barry is living through the swine flu pandemic of 2009, which he will discuss today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (The 2 p.m. event is open to the public in the EG&G Education Center, 50 Vassar St., Cambridge, in Grier Room B.) We spoke with Barry by phone.

STEPHEN SMITH

Q. What’s similar and what’s different about the two pandemics?

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For more conversations with John Barry, you can download a recent interview he gave to Sharon Sanders of FluTrackers from the Radio Sandy Springs  Infectious Disease Show archive.

 

08/10/09 Guest Author John Barry

Sharon Sanders interviews Author John Barry

 

You’ll also find an hour-long conversation with John Barry, speaking at MIT in October of 2007, on the MIT World Website.

 

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