Pandemic History, Retold and Adjusted for Financial Return

Asian Flu epidemic of 1889–90 in Paris patients are treated in a supplemental tent hospital. A nurse attends to several patients during the winter of 1889–90. Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Commentary

The rapidly-growing pandemic preparedness industry is dominating global public health and proving increasingly lucrative. To support this agenda, numerous white papers are emerging, sponsored by such institutions as the World Bank, G7, G20, and World Health Organization that insist that pandemics are increasing in frequency and impact.