Lessons from the Spanish Influenza
When looking back at pandemics in modern history, the 1918 Spanish influenza stands out.\xa0 It took the lives of somewhere between 50 and 100 million people \u2014 and while it devastated the countries of the Global North, it took its greatest toll in the Global South.\xa0 Science writer Laura Spinney reflects on the similarities \u2014 and significant differences \u2014 between the Spanish flu and Covid-19.\xa0 She discusses how the pandemic took hold at the end of WW1 and struck down the young, and how many of the affected countries adopted universal healthcare in its wake.\nResources:\nLaura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World PublicAffairs, 2017\nThe post Lessons from the Spanish Influenza appeared first on KPFA.