Before there was Dr. Anthony Fauci, there was Dr. Thomas Tuttle, a Washington health commissioner who shepherded the state through the devastating 1918 influenza pandemic. The two have shared similar advice for ending pandemics.
He advised Americans to cancel social gatherings and wear masks in public. He warned of a disease resurgence if restrictions were lifted too soon.He was also born in the 19th century. Before there was Dr. Anthony Fauci, there was Dr. Thomas Tuttle, a Washington health commissioner who shepherded the state through the devastating 1918 influenza pandemic. Read MoreDr. Thomas Tuttle was a bespectacled physician whose advice for ending the 1918 influenza pandemic closely mirrors the guidance Dr.
Anthony Fauci's career under 6 US presidentsFauci, as the chief of AIDS research at the National Institutes of Health, talks with colleagues in his laboratory in 1990.Hide Caption 3 of 14 Photos: Dr. Anthony Fauci's career under 6 US presidentsFauci testifies to a House subcommittee during a 2001 hearing about vaccines for biological weapon defense.Hide Caption 4 of 14 Photos: Dr.
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