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Sep 2020
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The Last Time Schools Opened in a Pandem...

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Around this time 102 years ago, the U.S. was in a similar position as it is today. We've been here before, so why is history repeating itself? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to Dr. Howard Markel about what we can learn from when schools opened during the influenza pandemic of 1918.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privac ... Show More
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