01.15.2021 - By Global News / Curiouscast
It's not a stretch to say that the coronavirus pandemic is an historic event, but it's not without precedent. Epidemics have been a part of human history for as long as people have gathered together. So it's not uncommon to look back in order to plot a path forward.
On this episode of This Is Why, we look back at how pandemic influenza affected a western Canadian city in 1918.
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Guests:
Suzanna Wagner, health historian
Episode Resources:
The Last Plague: Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada by Mark Osborne Humphries