Introducing Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows

Blindspot by The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

Jan 11, 202400:03:46Society & Culture

In this season of Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows, we travel back to a pivotal moment in the history of this country, and we trace how, decades before Covid-19, a virus tore through some of our most vulnerable commu...

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