Professor John Oxford is a virologist. He is one of the world's leading experts on influenza.

He is a leader in the study of the great Influenza outbreak of 100 years ago that killed upwards of 50 million people around the world.

I talked to him today to ask him, what are the key lessons that we can learn from past outbreaks.

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