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Sport And Epidemics
This is the second episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series – A Short Introduction to…
In this episode, Dr Tosh Warwick will be giving us a short introduction to Sporting Histories during Epidemics, focusing on a particular smallpox outbreak in Middlesbrough in 1898 which led to sporting events being cancelled, much as we are seeing today in the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.
In particular we will explore:
• Similarities between then and now in terms of lockdown measures
• And what we can learn from the past
Episode transcript available here: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12219
Image credit: The Story of the Small Pox Epidemic in Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Libraries)
This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.
Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.
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By Manchester MetThis is the second episode in our new RAH! Podcast mini series – A Short Introduction to…
In this episode, Dr Tosh Warwick will be giving us a short introduction to Sporting Histories during Epidemics, focusing on a particular smallpox outbreak in Middlesbrough in 1898 which led to sporting events being cancelled, much as we are seeing today in the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.
In particular we will explore:
• Similarities between then and now in terms of lockdown measures
• And what we can learn from the past
Episode transcript available here: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/?id=12219
Image credit: The Story of the Small Pox Epidemic in Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Libraries)
This episode was produced, presented and edited by Lucy Simpson and mixed by Julian Holloway.
Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the RAH! Podcast belong solely to the speaker, and are not necessarily reflective of the views of Manchester Metropolitan University, or to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.