Panicky measures like early quarantine, school closings, and bans on public gatherings lowered death rates in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919.
Meanwhile, where’s George W. Bush when you need him?: “Bush calls for panic.”
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I'm a freelance writer and blogger based in Brooklyn, NY. My background is mostly in politics. I've worked on the editorial boards of the New York Sun and New York Post. In 2006, I wrote a book, "The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party" (Wiley). I've also done my share of freelancing, for places like the Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Reason, and RealClearPolitics.
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“Meanwhile, where’s George W. Bush when you need him?”
Now there’s a line you don’t get to read too often.