Spanish flu: were we ready for another pandemic?

Published: April 18, 2020, 8:08 a.m.

Fenella Souter's story, written a century after the Spanish flu pandemic, she examines the lessons we heeded and the learnings we missed from a century ago. Fenella will then be joined by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland along with expert virologist Professor Kanta Subbarao from the WHO and the Doherty Institute, for a discussion about the deadliest flu event in human history, and what we can apply to the pandemic we now face. Published in Good Weekend magazine April 2018. Become a subscriber: our supporters power our newsrooms and are critical for the sustainability of news coverage. Becoming a subscriber also gets you exclusive behind-the-scenes content and invitations to special events. Click on the links to subscribe https://subscribe.theage.com.au/ or https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ Please take the time to rate & review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. We love to hear your thoughts and it makes it easier for the rest of the podcast world to find us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.