What can History tell us about Epidemics?

Four historians discuss what we learn from history about how diseases spread, and how we respond to them. Buy a copy of the April issue of History Today from our website: John Henderson: ‘Strategies to cope with plague have formed the basis for later policies’. Read by Paul Lay. Patricia Fara: ‘Fear and suspicion multiply more rapidly than any virus’. Read by Katie Holyoak. Samuel Cohn: ‘Epidemics strike from the outside and are carried in’. Read by Paul Lay. Sandra Hempel: ‘Smallpox remains the only human disease to be eradicated’. Read by Katie Holyoak. Introductions read by James Gribben. Music by Kai Engel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What can History tell us about Epidemics? is an episode from History Today Podcast by Katie Holyoak.

This episode is 11:44 long.

This episode was published on Apr 10, 2020.

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