Editorial
Comments on the nonpharmaceutical interventions in New York City and Chicago during the 1918 flu pandemic
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Correspondence: John M Barry Jbarry@tulane.edu
Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Journal of Translational Medicine 2007, 5:65 doi:10.1186/1479-5876-5-65
Published: 11 December 2007Abstract
This commentary was originally published in CIDRAP News and it is here reported almost verbatim to allow divulgation through open access. The Editorial summarizes John Barry's concerns about the value of accurate historical reporting and its implications in public policy determination. This short abstract was written by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Translational Medicine to introduce the Editorial.