Even while much of the country is locked down during the Covid-19 epidemic, the Library of Congress is still working to inform and entertain. This video interview features John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza, and David Rubenstein as they discuss the influenza epidemic of 1918 and how it applies to coronavirus responses today. What can we learn from the past when faced with this difficult challenge? What mistakes can we avoid? History has at least some answers for us, but only if we stop to listen.

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