The Forgotten Hong Kong Flu Pandemic of 1968 Has Lessons for Today

The Forgotten Hong Kong Flu Pandemic of 1968 Has Lessons for Today

National Review—We’re not just living through an earthshaking pandemic.  We’re living through a new crisis in which a highly virulent virus arrives at the very moment when ubiquitous media coverage, global interconnectivity, and a certain amount of scientific conformity amplify everything. All of this has combined to create an unprecedented public-policy response. For the first…