What are the similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic? What can we learn by a comparison? How does history help us understand what’s happening today? One of our experts in science communication, Dr Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, interviews one of our historians of science and medicine, Dr Cristiano Turbil, to answer these questions, and more. Did you know the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic probably started in the US state of Kansas? Do you know why the 1918 pandemic is called the ‘Spanish Flu’?
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Featuring
Interviewee:
Dr Cristiano Turbil
Teaching Fellow in History of Medicine
Interviewer:
Dr Jean-Baptiste Gouyon
Associate Professor of Science Communication
Host:
Professor Joe Cain
UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology
Music credits
- “Rollin At 5,” by Kevin MacLeod
https://filmmusic.io/song/5000-rollin-at-5
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Editing and post-production by Professor Joe Cain.
“WeAreSTS” producer is Professor Joe Cain.