Flu pandemics. Then and Now.

Flu pandemics. Then and Now.

By History Hit

'We are very very vulnerable' says the brilliant science author and journalist Laura Spinney.


Her fantastic book 'Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World' is a shocking account of the flu pandemic that killed tens of millions of people a century ago.


What was Spanish Flu and what lessons are there for us today? As the coronavirus sweeps across China this is a really important conversation about flu, anti-microbial resistance and whether we should be scared.

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