Afleveringen
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This episode investigates why America neglected to memorialize the 1918 pandemic and the grim consequences of this historical amnesia.
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This episode uncovers the decades-long pursuit to reconstruct the deadliest pathogen in human history and the lessons learned about what made the 1918 virus so lethal.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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This episode examines the ways that Americans were differentially and inequitably impacted by the 1918 virus — how their experiences varied based on age, race, class, and region.
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Chapter 1, The Cost of War, explores the inextricable link between World War I and the Spanish flu...the ways that the movement of soldiers accelerated the spread of the virus and the role that press and political censorship had on silencing this story.