The Deadliest Flu Pandemic in Living Memory Happened 100 Years Ago. Could it Happen Again?

The Deadliest Flu Pandemic in Living Memory Happened 100 Years Ago. Could it Happen Again?

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Border Crisis, Uber Transit ,Axe Throwing, Blackbeard

Episode: Border Crisis, Uber Transit ,Axe Throwing, Blackbeard

  • Nov 28, 2018 10:00 pm
  • 25:03 mins

Guest: Richard Gunderman, Professor of Medical Education, Indiana University. We’re marking the 100th anniversary this year of the armistice that ended the Great War. This also marks the 100th anniversary of the deadliest flu pandemic in recent memory, killing between 50 and 100 million people worldwide. That these two anniversaries coincide is actually not coincidental. The war was the vector that drove the epidemic.

Other Segments