COVID-19 and the anti-lessons of history

Lancet. 2020 Mar 14;395(10227):850-852. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30468-2. Epub 2020 Mar 2.

Author

Robert Peckham¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of History and Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: rpeckham@hku.hk.

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

COVID-19
China / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Disease Outbreaks* / history
Disease Outbreaks* / prevention & control
History, 21st Century
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Politics
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology*
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / history
Social Conditions*