The 'ignored characters' of the pandemic and why their premonitions were pushed aside - PBS NewsHour

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A new book shows that there were a handful of researchers, scientists and public health officials who seemed to have an early, prescient understanding of how bad the pandemic would hit the U.S., and what we could do to avert it. Michael Lewis' "The Premonition" describes this unusual group and how they tried their best to get those in positions of power to pay heed. William Brangham reports.

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1. Thank you for posting that.

On a related note, back in June I read Deadliest Enemy: Our war against killer germs by Michael T Osterholm, M.D. and Mark Olshaker. Each chapter looks at a different disease or infection. It does end with influenza, and the then received wisdom that a deadly influenza pandemic lurked in our near future. It does describe what might happen which turns out to be almost exactly what did happen with Covid-19.