The history of pandemics

On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by author and pandemics expert Mark Honigsbaum to discuss how this virus, and others like it in the past, came to be. Where did this virus originate and how does the global response compare to previous examples of pandemics? Mark is the author of the book The Pandemic Century takes readers from the 1918 Spanish Flu to more recent viruses such as Sars and Mers. If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and a comment. Get in touch with your suggestions by emailing thecoronaviruspodcast@independent.co.uk or using on social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The history of pandemics is an episode from Behind the Headlines by The Independent.

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This episode was published on Jun 8, 2020.

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