Viral Load

1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic: Now and Then

May 18, 2020 Brett Bayles, professor / Andy Pupa, not a professor Episode 23
Viral Load
1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic: Now and Then
Show Notes

On part 2 of our "mother of all pandemics" mini-series, Brett and Andy look for parallels between the social and political responses to the 1918 "Spanish Influenza" pandemic and COVID-19. Spoiler alert: masks are still an issue 100 years later, cities handle things very differently, and politics can get in the way? Only epidemiology can save us!