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John M. Barry: What we can learn from how the 1918 pandemic ended

Overconfidence, indifference and weariness are perhaps the biggest dangers.

(U.S. National Library of Medicine via The New York Times) 

In a photo provided by U.S. National Library of Medicine, misinformation in newspapers and government censors helped the flu spread in 1918.

(U.S. National Library of Medicine via The New York Times) In a photo provided by U.S. National Library of Medicine, misinformation in newspapers and government censors helped the flu spread in 1918.