John and barry, he is a distinguished author of the rising tide in the francis for outstanding book in American History in 1997. His current new york bestseller is the great influenza, he is here to talk to us about that today, he is currently with the World Health Organization on the subject of influenza. When he is done speaking, if you would like to ask questions, there will be two microphones at the back of the room if you can go and get a microphone so your questions can be heard. Come to the back of the room and they will bring you up microphone. Please join me in welcoming john abarry. Thank you very much. As the still not on, you can hear me. It is funny to be sitting here in a Committee Room of louisiana legislatures talking about the subject largely because although you might not think it, politics is very involved in the story of 1918 pandemic. So i cannot take of a better place to talk about politics then louisiana legislature. When you read about the 1918 pandemic in newsp
Outstanding books on American History 1997. His current New York Times bestseller is the great influenza the epic story of the deadliest plague in history. He is here to talk to us about that today. He is a consultant with the World Health Organization on the subject of influenza. When he is done speaking, if you would like to ask questions there will be two microphones at the back of the room. Get a microphone so your questions can be heard. Join me in welcoming yvette wiltgen. John barry. Thank you very much. It is kind of funny to be sitting here in a Committee Room with the louisiana legislature, talking about the subject largely because you might not think it, the story of the 1918 pandemic. The louisiana legislature, when you read about the 1918 pandemic, they usually say the death toll was over 20 million. The reality is it was way over 20 million. That estimate comes from the first study of the disease, fairly accurate for the western world, but wildly inaccurate for the rest o
You can go and get a microphons are your questions can be heard. Please join me in welcoming john barry. [applause] thank you very much. Its kind of funny to be sitting here in a Community Room of the Louisiana Legislature talking about this subject largely because although you might not think it, politics is very involved in the story of the pandemic i cant think of a better place to talk about politics in the legislature. When you read about the 1918 pandemic in the newspapers these days you say the death toll was over 20 million. That estimate comes from the first of the disease thats fairly accurate for the western world but wildly inaccurate for the rest of the world. In a Nobel Prize Winner that spent most of his life studying influenza concluded that the death toll was a minimum of 50 Million People and possibly as many as 100 million. All this was in a world with the population 28 the size of today. So, if you adjust the population, the death toll on 1918 was between 175 to 350
Gardens and growers, we are desperate in some areas for some rain now. But it isnt great news if you have other plans, you will need to keep abreast of the forecast for the details. Hopefully something behind it a little brighter but not quite as warm. As we move out of sunday, that band of showery rain moves away only to be replaced potentially by another spell of wet and windy weather pushing in from the west. So we are starting to see a change as you can see quite clearly. Lets just reach up. A change as you can see quite clearly. Letsjust reach up. Into the weekend we have that southerly flow, and its the southerly flow that drugs and more heat, but more moister, more humidity, from the near continent does make drags in. Its the High Pressure that weve seen, old courtesy of this week, undulating jet, drift away and the jet stream is then that you strengthen. A strong westerly right gcioss strengthen. A strong westerly right across the uk is the jet stream drives in the areas of low
The associate editor of the times, and jason beatty, head of politics at the daily mirror, that story will not feature, that is coming up after the headlines at 1130. Most of us on friday how to find out whether with plenty of sunshine made for quite a nice change given how wetjune for quite a nice change given how wet june has for quite a nice change given how wetjune has been for quite a few of us. Wetjune has been for quite a few of us. Skies like this will continue on into the first part of the weekend as well, the changing fortunes all down to this area of High Pressure, believe it or not it is the first High Pressure we have seen for the whole of the ofjune. What it does mean weatherwise is across england and wales we will see plenty of sunshine and for a good part of Northern Ireland and scotland as well, though there will be a few patches of cloud and the odd passing shower, certainly some showers in the forecast for shetland where it will continue to be cloudy at times, and br