CNN: What are the lessons of the 1918 pandemic? Gina Kolata: Even though we know exactly what the 1918 virus looks like, we still don't know why it was so deadly. Most people thought that it would be an influenza pandemic, and I was one of them. CNN: How did the 1918 pandemic eventually end, and how do you think the current pandemic will subside? I think that the message we've seen is that people are selfish to a remarkable degree that I don't think we've seen before.

Source: CNN September 25, 2020 10:52 UTC