As governments ease up on COVID-19-related lockdowns, policy-makers should heed the lessons learned from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and the potential deadly consequences of removing physical distancing restrictions too quickly, experts say. The virus also came in multiple waves, the second wave in the fall of 1918 considered the deadliest. John Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, said many cities back then tried to reopen too soon. 'We learn nothing from history'"I quote [German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich] Hegel: What we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history." "Doc" Rogers/Library of Congress/The Associated Press)"That did not happen in a single [U.S.] city that I know of in 1918," he said.

Source: CBC News May 13, 2020 07:52 UTC