The St Louis Red Cross Motor Corps on duty with mask-wearing women holding stretchers at the backs of ambulances during the global flu epidemic, St Louis, Missouri, October 1918. Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images

South Africa bungled the Spanish flu in 1918. History mustn’t repeat itself for COVID‑19

The Spanish flu episode highlights some elementary mistakes made back then which must be avoided at all costs to prevent another public health disaster.

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