From the Spanish Flu to COVID-19: Chronicles of Viral Attacks

People are living longer. This is an undeniable fact—and also that the increase in life expectancy isn’t due to spending more time in youth, in young adulthood, or in maturity, but to an extension of the period of old age. Other inhabitants of the planet have noticed it too—viruses that mutate at lightning speed, hacking the body’s protective functions.

You have in your hands a historical and medical study by Valery Novoselov, a doctor of geriatrics, neurologist, and neurophysiologist, about the two biggest epidemics in Russia: the Spanish flu virus and coronavirus. What do the largest pandemics have in common and how are they different? Why did COVID-19 scare the modern world so much? Is it related to the danger of the virus itself, or to how it is presented to society by the media, doctors, and public figures? You’ll learn how those terrifying epidemics unfolded and how to protect your body in the age of new viruses.

A historical and medical study by Valery Novoselov about the biggest epidemics in Russia, with practical advice on survival in the modern world.

— How the Spanish flu and other dangerous viruses of past centuries developed and progressed.

— What is the same and what is different between the Spanish flu and coronavirus—two of the most wide-scale pandemics.

— Why coronavirus frightened society.

— What makes a person vulnerable.

— How to strengthen immunity and increase the body’s resilience, especially in older people.

An engaging narrative first and foremost about people in the whirlwind of epidemics—and about how each person can help avoid large-scale tragedies.