1918: A Study in How Disease Can Shape Public Policy

Tags: Health, U.S. History

07/01/2020 Douglas French

Did the hardliners win at Versailles because the Americans were too weak with the flu to object? If so, it would be just one way that disease profoundly affected public policy in the wake of the 1918 flu.

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Original Article: “1918: A Study in How Disease Can Shape Public Policy“.

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