{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61168564926b7100124612a7/6124bb416191bd001220a202?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Last Flu Epidemic, 1918-1919","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61168564926b7100124612a7/1629796478936-4e18f6ac0eb6c8e4dfc6179b311bfdb5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Just over 100 years ago, the world faced a deadly pandemic not dissimilar to COVID-19. The \"great flu\" of 1918-1919 was largely forgotten until we needed to historic lessons on how to combat the waves of infection. With Christopher McKnight Nichols, this week's show investigates the pathogenic parallels.</p><p><br></p><p><u>Essential Reading</u>:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Foutlook%2F2020%2F12%2F07%2Famericans-used-sacrifice-public-good-what-happened%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMichael.Cullinane%40roehampton.ac.uk%7Cab7383f836204eef0de108d96665b031%7C5fe650635c3747fbb4cce42659e607ed%7C0%7C0%7C637653409206801627%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=m1RDjXuy9nhEu5v%2Bq7G%2BlNyYN%2FLAsL4l6eLOj%2B4Ps%2Fc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher McKnight Nichols and Brandon Jett, “Americans used to sacrifice for the public good. What happened?” <em>Washington Post</em>, December 7, 2020&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0190238550/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc0c0a-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0190238550&amp;linkId=8a004f94b45f78599368c03959a56a13\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Bristow, <em>American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic</em> (2017)</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><u>Recommended Reading</u>:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OCXFWE/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000OCXFWE&amp;linkId=2b40a3ded7042cbe0db4a80f660b12ff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">John Barry, <em>The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History</em> (2005).</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541736125/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mpc005-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1541736125&amp;linkId=0ebecaef8393b38a14019d7e6e91244d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Spinney, <em>Pale Riders: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World</em> (2018).</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Michael Patrick Cullinane"}