CSPAN3 1918 Flu Pandemic July 12, 2024
The 1918 flu pandemic altered American Life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Conflicting information left people wary and fearful. College classes were held outside, sports were canceled, asks or challenged as unamerican, and fines imposed on those who refuse to wear them. Next, Christopher Mcknight countryrecounts how the experienced the events of a century ago and the lessons we might learn. He directs the Oregon University center for humanities. Cracks since the pandemic has begun, for our purposes, since we shut down in march, they thing that...