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1918 pandemic

“There Is No Cause For Alarm If Proper Precautions Are Observed.” Rupert Blue, U.S. Surgeon General 1918. Threat of [H1N1] “Cause for Concern, But Not Alarm.” Barack Obama, U.S. President, 2009.

September 24, 2009

J.M. Barry, (2009) writing in Nature [459: 324-5] on Pandemics: Avoiding The Mistakes of 1918 lists as a major mistake  by the government in addressing the 1918 pandemic was the communication strategy of reassurance.  J.M. Barry points out that in 1918  “This communication strategy of either reassurance or silence had its effect. Its effect was [...]

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