Attention should be paid to social education in epidemic prevention. This is a valuable lesson we learned from social education history. From the perspective of education, many outbreaks were associated with ignorance, long-term bad habits, family and school education defects. From the perspective of modern historical experience, social education originates from the “educational countermeasures to social problems.” Developing social education is helpful to “open the minds of the people,” “transform traditional social customs,” “win the hearts of the people” and get rid of the “defects” in families and schools. Measures to solve educational problems and prevent epidemic include promoting the legislation, unified administration and the professional and disciplinary construction of social education.