you are on with john berry. >> caller: yes, mr. barry. this is very personal. i'm 75 years old and born in 1935 but my dad was born in 1917 and his family lost family members, immediate family members from the influenza and it seems to appear in milwaukee, wisconsin when the soldiers returned and along the trail and along the railroad lines it seemed to emphasize and hit those cities very badly. my grandmother and my baby and both died in 1920 and then my dad came down with polio and then our family was hit hard with polio in the 50s. thank you for this report. i don't like the blame game. we are international as the war brought home the virus in 1918, 1920 so why are we blaming? let's work about curing and vaccinating. thank you. >> guest: in terms of you know as i said earlier it could have started anywhere. it probably started in china and that's not the only theory. as i said in my book, i advanced from kansas and there's a very good virologist in oxford is convinced it started in france in 1915. other theories about vietnam but we don't know where it start

host: about 10 minutes left this morning with john berry. he has joined us before on "washington journal." with us for about 10 more minutes. this is sheila in west virginia. caller: another question. all of this back to being what is happening today. why did they blame it on the person? we know that is not right. guest: i'm not sure what the question is about. host: could you ask your question again please? caller: we are going back through all of these viruses. at the beginning when biden got into office he was talking about community beuse we are so divided. now there is unity but it is like revenge. you don't even have to have an impeachment. host: the topic is political unity. guest: i would say one thing. there are countries -- the united states has been badly compared to countries around the world in handling the virus. places like taiwan, south korea, japan have done incredibly well. people think that is a different culture. they are asian countries and we would not accept that in the united states. i would say look at australia. aus

you're are on with john berry. caller: thanks for taking my call. the next book you should write is biological warfare and how fabulously unique our money will possibly crash. you probably know more than anyone how the influenza in 1918 also came from china. which has been just recently exposed to us. i just wonder was the money at that time damaged by the influenza? the covid i believe will destroy the united states because the money -- it is just a piece of paper with a picture will be worth basically nothing and all the investors are going to start investing in china. i see all of this as a pandemic that was designed. i wanted to get your thought on that. thank you so much for writing the book. i'm going to get it today. host: on china and impacts of the economy. caller: in the book -- guest: in the book i said the pandemic emerged in the united states in kansas. the evidence at the time i wrote the book was pretty good. i wrote a journal article that got a lot of traction. there has been a lot of wars since the book originally came out in 2004.

host: about 10 minutes left this morning with john berry.s joined us before on "washington journal." with us for about 10 more minutes. this is sheila in west virginia. caller: another question. all of this back to being what is happening today. why did they blame it on the person? we know that is not right. guest: i'm not sure what the question is about. host: could you ask your question again please? caller: we are going back through all of these viruses. at the beginning when biden got into office he was talking about community because we are so divided. now there is unity but it is like revenge. you don't even have to have an impeachment. host: the topic is political unity. guest: i would say one thing. there are countries -- the united states has been badly compared to countries around the world in handling the virus. places like taiwan, south korea, japan have done incredibly well. people think that is a different culture. they are asian countries and we would not accept that in the united states. i would say look at australia. austral

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host: back with us is john berry, author of the book "the great influenza: the story of the deadliest epidemic in history -- pandemic in history." and we are coming up on 11 months of this pandemic, nearly 440 thousand deaths, 26 million cases in the united states. 11 months into the great influenza pandemic, where was the united states when it came to infection levels and deaths? guest: one of the differences between influenza and covid-19's which the speed it moves. everything with influenza is faster from mutation rate, incubation period, how long you shed the virus and how long you are sick. 11

host: back with us is john berry, author of the book "the great influenza: the story of the deadliest epidemic in history -- pandemic in history." and we are coming up on 11 months of this pandemic, nearly 440 thousand deaths, 26 million cases in the united states. 11 months into the great influenza pandemic, where was the united states when it came to infection levels and deaths? guest: one of the differences between influenza and covid-19's which the speed it moves. everything with influenza is faster from mutation rate, incubation period, how long you shed the virus and how long you are sick.

historian and author john berry talks about the covid-19 pandemic and how it compares to seasonal and pandemic virus is in the past. watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> coming up on tuesday, the agriculture committee hears from tom vilsack, resident biden's nominee for agriculture secretary, that is 10: 30 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 2:00 p.m. the house takes up an apprenticeship bill

an historian and author john berry talks about the covid-19 pandemic and how it compares to seasonal and pandemic viruses in the past. watch she spends washington journal, live at 7:00 p.m. eastern tuesday morning and join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook messages, text messages, and tweets. coming up on tuesday, the senate agriculture committee hears from president biden's nominee to be agriculture secretary at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. at 2:00 p.m., the house takes up an apprenticeship bill and begins the process for taking up president biden's coronavirus relief legislation. on c-span two at 9:30 am, the washington post live hears from dr. anthony fauci covid-19 vaccine distribution antivirus mutation. at 10: 30 am, the senate returns for debate on nominations. at noon, members vote on the nomination of pete buttigieg to be transportation secretary and at 2:30, a vote on the homeland security secretary. 9:30 on c-span three, the senate armed services committee hears from deputy defense secretary nominee kathleen hicks. >> thursday morning, the senate health, educ

and his story in an author john berry talks about the covid-19 pandemic and how it compares to pandemic watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning, and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> coming up tonight on c-span, a white house coronavirus briefing. then david wasserman of the cook political report on redistricting in states. later a discussion on the covid-19 variance showing up around the country. >> during monday's white house coronavirus briefing, chief medical advisor dr. anthony ouchi and the cdc director talked about new funding for an at-home coronavirus test kit. they also urged health-care providers to vaccinate people as quickly as possible and not say a reserve supply for second doses. >> thanks fo

host: back with us is john berry, author of the book "the great influenza: the story of the deadliest epidemic in history -- pandemic in history."

john maguire reports. we first met jack berrys. we've had something to do. we've kind of engaged with different people. even though he doesn't talk to people, he's built up relationships. and i think one thing it shows is that at the end of the day, you don't have to verbally say anything to build a relationship with somebody. last year, he visited museums, meeting in person, or virtually, the people who fly and maintain the aircraft. many have helped him by writing personal descriptions of the planes. i simply, you know, wrote a little bit about the facts of the tornado, what it did, what sort of aircraft it was, what role it actually played. and then i wrote what my passion was when i flew it. you know, things like flying down the valleys of wales. it's about inspiring other people. you have a selectively mute young man who is on the autistic spectrum, who has got a real talent. and this is a story of kindness, of people coming together, of celebrating what we can achieve, not what we can't achieve, which ijust think is really,

host: back with us is john berry, author of the book "the great influenza: the story of the deadliest epidemic in history -- pandemic in history." and we are coming up on 11 months of this pandemic, nearly 440 thousand deaths, 26 million cases in the united states. 11 months into the great influenza pandemic, where was the united states when it came to infection levels and deaths? guest: one of the differences between influenza and covid-19's which the speed it moves. everything with influenza is faster from mutation rate, incubation period, how long you shed the virus and how long you are sick. 11 months into it, it was almost completely over. by that time you had close to 700,000 americans dead, of course the population was much smaller than worldwide, 50 to 100 million dead which would be 225 to 450 million people today. a much more lethal pandemic. this is bad enough. host: he will be with us until about 9:30 taking your phone calls, and questions as we talk about the covid-19 pandemic comparisons the great influenza. let me give you the phone numbers. if you are in the eastern or