Prior pandemics. looking to the past for insight into the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 is not the world's first pandemic, not its worst, or likely to be its last. In fact, there have been many pandemics throughout history with lessons for the current one. The most destructive pandemic of all time, at least in terms of the number of people killed in the shortest time, was...
Main Author: | Philip A. Mackowiak |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2021-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1855706 |
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