What Next - Does 1918 Even Apply Here?
There’s a pattern to most historic pandemics. Coronavirus might be different.
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Show Notes
There’s plenty to be learned from past pandemics. They tend to follow a dramatic arc: denial, blame, and mass mobilization. So far, the coronavirus tracks with some contagions of the past—but can history tell anything about where we’re headed?
Guest: David S. Jones, professor of the culture of medicine at Harvard University.
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