Vicious Viruses
The Forgotten Disaster: The Spanish Flu of 1918-1920
Guest: Laura Spinney, Author of "Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World"
1918 saw a disease that killed more than each World War, and perhaps even more than both combined. And somehow, the world has largely forgotten about this deadly Spanish flu.
How Viruses Spread
Guest: Brian Poole, BYU Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Viruses have been with humanity for millennia. How do they work, and how can we combat them?