# Lessons from the 1918 flu

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2007
- Speaker: Laurie Garrett
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Business and management, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/laurie_garrett_lessons_from_the_1918_flu)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever.

## Lectures

1. [Lessons from the 1918 flu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/laurie_garrett_lessons_from_the_1918_flu/d3a7728ecd82), 21 min (TED's player)