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William Mann On Politicizing Face Masks & Repeating Spanish Flu Mistakes In COVID-19 Pandemic: “Have We Learned Nothing From History?”
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIn the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., I spoke with Hollywood historian William Mann about the profound impact the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic had on the film business. In the interview, he pointed some major mistakes made in handling the Spanish flu pandemic that today’s authorities should learn from, including reopening too soon.