The history of flu pandemics: Learning from past crises

Since 1918, there have been four flu pandemics, each one with different characteristics.

 
BY JACLYN COSGROVE | Published: January 6, 2013   

It wasn’t easy to tell a 78-year-old man with a double bypass he couldn’t have a flu shot.

Normally, he’d be the ideal candidate.

photo - Karen Woodard, of Oklahoma City, receives a flu vaccination at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department.  PAUL HELLSTERN, The Oklahoman
Karen Woodard, of Oklahoma City, receives a flu vaccination at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department. PAUL HELLSTERN, The Oklahoman

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But this was different. This was 2009, and there was a shortage of vaccines for H1N1.

“We were doing big clinics at the local high schools and other places where we were doing thousands...
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