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• Bill Gates added this book to his must read list
• New York Times bestseller
• Lessons from the experience of 1918 in the context of the coronavirus crisis

At the beginning of the 20th century, humanity shuddered from a deadly disease that claimed the lives of millions of people around the world. Some called it the medieval plague that suddenly returned to the 20th century. However, it is best known as the Spanish flu. A pandemic that mowed down humanity with no chance of escape. Where did the Spanish flu come from and why did it become the deadliest disease of the twentieth century?

John M. Barry thoroughly explores the historical background, development, and consequences of the Great Influenza. The author describes the situation with American medicine in the early twentieth century, the causes of the rapid spread of the virus, its terrible symptoms and consequences for the human body, the search for the pathogen; talks about the role of individuals in the formation of medical science of that time, the large-scale fight against the disease, saving lives and the pain of the crippled fates of thousands of patients who could not be saved. This book is a warning and an instruction that can change the vector of the modern pandemic.