Steven A. Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences

“This book is an excellent and gripping description and analysis of the
1918 Spanish flu pandemic in the United States that killed 100 million
people. For much of 1918 it paralyzed cities throughout the United
States and greatly hampered our efforts in World War I. The book
describes the pandemic and its social, political, and scientific causes
and ramifications. It also gives a wonderful account of the dedicated
public health scientists who risked careers and their lives to study and
help contain the disease.”