and william bynam highlights his experience. in influenza he builds on his scientific career making the virus central to its story. he leaves history and contemporary virology and clinical practice together, although his story is a somber one, dr. brown's account is pung punctuated by humor and when to visit the emergency room. ladies and gentlemen, dr. jeremy brown. [applaus [applause] >> thank you so much for those kind words. it's not every day you get introduced by the archivist of the united states. so we're here to talk about influenza. and the plague that struck us 100 years ago resonates all the way through until today. as you mentioned, more people were killed in the influenza virus than in the wars. 50 to 100 million people worldwide. here in the united states, 675,000 deaths, civilian deaths and of the 116,000 combat casualties, u.s. combat casualties killed in world war i, over half actually died from disease and that was the majority of that was influenza. it's a sobering thought to think that if you take those stat