Epidemics, Elites, and Public Health
b'Pandemics and other public health crises often require exceptional measures \\u2014 some of them voluntary and some imposed from above.\\xa0 Historical geographer Graham Mooney reflects on the history of measures like isolation and quarantines \\u2014 as well as elite indifference to the plight of the poor and working classes during infectious disease outbreaks.\\nResources:\\nGraham Mooney, Intrusive Interventions: Public Health, Domestic Space, and Infectious Disease Surveillance in England 1840-1914 University of Rochester Press, 2015\\nThe post Epidemics, Elites, and Public Health appeared first on KPFA.'