1918 Influenza Pandemic and Public Information

Lectures in History

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History, Politics, News

4.1 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Stony Brook University Professor Nancy Tomes taught a class about the 1918 influenza pandemic and public information efforts in the United States to stop the spread of the disease. She described methods such as canceling public gatherings, social distancing, and propaganda about good hygiene, which are still implemented. This class was filmed on March 10, 2020, during the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Professor Toms compared the symptoms, economic impact, and national response between 1918 and today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	This is American History TV's Lectures in History podcast.
1:09.3	This week, a lecture about the 1918 influenza pandemic and public information efforts in the United States to stop the spread of the disease.
1:14.2	The class is taught by Stony Brook University professor Nancy Thames.
1:16.5	So what are we going to do today?
1:24.9	I promised you all that I would do a little show and tell from my own research work.
1:34.1	And the timing of this turned out that doing something, historical perspective on pandemic preparedness might seem like a really interesting topic for us to discuss.
1:40.4	And I think I've mentioned to you all that I have been getting a lot of calls from journalists lately,
1:45.9	and it's kind of like why in the middle of an ongoing pandemic are they calling up people like me?
1:54.2	So I think this is a good thing for us to talk about.
1:57.6	This is a history methods course.
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