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Medicine's Keith Armitage draws wisdom from the 1918 flu pandemic

Media | March 10, 2022 | Story by: Editorial Staff

What we can learn from the 1918 flu pandemic as the Omicron variant spreads

Healthline: Keith Armitage, professor at the School of Medicine, said that within a few years, the influenza strain behind the 1918 pandemic became less life-threatening—most likely due to a combination of herd immunity and the virus mutating to produce a less severe illness.