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What a difference a century makes – Australian Journal of Pharmacy

There’s widespread panic, restrictions and quarantines are in place, medicines are in short supply, false information is spreading, staff are getting sick and p…

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Flicking through back issues of the AJP from the year immediately after World War I can be a little startling from the viewpoint of a reader in 2020.
Alright, there is some archaic language, a lot of imperial references and much about the war that had just ended. But then you come across reports of the terrible influenza pandemic and the similarities to our current situation really come to the fore.
The 191819 flu pandemic was an unusually deadly one caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. Lasti…

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