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WATCH: Lessons learned about social distancing, from the 1918 flu pandemic
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May 1, 2020
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3:23Now PlayingWhen COVID-19 overwhelmed testing in the U.S. and public health officials lost track of who had been infected or exposed, public health expert, Dr. Leana Wen told PBS NewsHour Correspondent John Yang that the country had to revert to the century-old “blunt instrument” of social distancing that was first learned during the 1918 influenza pandemic to protect people. Wen answered viewer questions on May 1 about what the U.S. has learned from this coronavirus outbreak, and past pandemics.
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