John M. Barry
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“Society cannot function if it is every man for himself. By definition, civilization cannot survive that.
Those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one.”
― The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one.”
― The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
“Influenza killed more people in a year than the Black Death of the Middle Ages killed in a century; it killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years.”
― The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
― The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
“You don't manage the truth. You tell the truth.”
― The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
― The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
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