​​Masks and myopia – politics and protection in public health campaigns, with Yixue Yang and Sharrona Pearl
This seminar is part of the centre for History in Public Health seminar series: Historical perspectives on ethics, morals, and values in public health. This seminar will examine the cultural and political contexts shaping historical public health interventions: Yixue Yang will examine the Protecting Students’ Eyesight Campaign in later Mao-era People’s Republic of China; Sharrona Pearl will explore the history of masking and its tensions in the US, from the 19th century to Covid. Find out more about the two talks below.
Source: lshtm.ac.uk