The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
It's not a stretch to say that the coronavirus pandemic is an historic event, but it's not without precedent. Epidemics have been a part of human history for as long as people have gathered together. So it's not uncommon to look back in order to plot a path forward. On this episode of This Is Why, we look back at how pandemic influenza affected a western Canadian city in 1918. Contact: Adam Toy - @Adam_Toy on Twitter Dave McIvor - @d_mac1519 on Twitter This is Why - @ThisIsWhy on Twitter Email us - thisiswhy@globalnews.ca Guests: Suzanna Wagner, health historian Episode Resources: The Last Plague: Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada by Mark Osborne Humphries