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Tom Cole: “We have not had a global pandemic like this since 1918-1919.”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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A Conversation with Congressman Tom Cole

Published | Video Starts at 42:29

But we should just remember that the response has been extraordinary. It's been uneven. You know, we were overtaken by something we didn't understand that nobody had any experience with in living memory. We have not had a global pandemic like this since 1918-1919. 1918. 1919. And probably there was a certain amount of complacency at every level that we can always fix things, we can always solve things. We can all. (42:29–42:34)

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Asserts that the last global pandemic of this scale occurred in 1918-1919.

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