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Nature Medicine 9, 1445 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nm1203-1445
Profile: Robert Webster
Apoorva Mandavilli1
- Chicago
Abstract
Like the mythological heroine Cassandra, Robert Webster seemed destined to remain a prophet who was never to be believed. His vision has since been validated but, fortunately for the world, his predictions of disaster—an influenza pandemic—have not yet reached the proportions of Greek tragedy.
Robert Webster likes to tell stories. Ask him how influenza spreads and he might launch into the tale of the New Zealand prime minister who visited Canada in 1918 and brought back the Spanish flu, killing thousands of Maoris.
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