Science Cafe: Then and Now: Preparedness for a Flu Pandemic in 2018 vs. 1918

The 1918 flu pandemic killed more people than World Wars I and II combined and remains the deadliest pandemic on record. Our understanding of the flu has come a long way since then, but are we really any better prepared? State Epidemiologist Dr. Zack Moore reviews the current state of flu surveillance, prevention, and medical countermeasures and consider how far we’ve come and how far we still have left to go.