Much slower travel couldn’t contain influenza even in 1889
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Influenza viruses can spread quickly, and many of the public health measures that have been taken in recent years have focused on limiting the viruses’ transmission through quarantine-style methods. But new data shows the approach may not be very effective. When studying the 1889 “Russian” influenza pandemic, scientists found that the virus was able to spread rapidly across the ocean despite the limited travel of that era.
Pandemic flu graphic by Russell Kightley Media
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