1918 influenza provides warning for potential future pandemic reemergence
Matt Grossmann, Charley Ballard, and Arnold Weinfled talk with Siddharth Chandra. The 1918 influenza pandemic provides a cautionary tale for what the future may hold for COVID-19, says Chandra. After a decade studying a flu virus that killed approximately 15,000 Michigan residents, Chandra, a professor in MSU’s James Madison College, saw his research come to life as he watched the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was so surreal,” said Chandra, who has a courtesy appointment in epidemiology and biostatistics. “All of a sudden, I was living my research.” Chandra’s research is...