Spanish Flu

29 Mar 2021 What have we learned and what have we forgotten from one hundred years ago – and will we make the same mistakes again? https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thefourcast/210326_Spanish_Flu_Mix_1515.mp3 Millions dead, multiple waves, ships quarantined; a world in crisis. One hundred years ago, humankind was hit by a deadly pandemic during the…

From the cocktails to the speakeasies to The Great Gatsby, there are few periods in history as celebrated in modern culture as the Roaring Twenties. As we look forward to the end of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s worth exploring how the Roaring Twenties followed the last global pandemic: the 1918…

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Premium Amazon/Business Insider This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. For its rising stars of Wall Street list, Business Insider selected 25 young professionals under the age of 35 in investing, trading, and dealmaking that stood out as the leaders for…

"Antisemites have blamed Jews for the medieval Black Plague to the WWI Spanish Flu," and now they blame Jews for COVID-19, too. In this image shared on Telegram on March 15, the coronavirus is presented as a trojan horse for “globalist” Jews. (photo credit: ADL/COURTESY) The human rights organization Simon…

The awful new sickness arrives suddenly with rumours and half-truths as to its origin.It’s highly contagious and deadly. Medical systems are quickly stretched. There’s no vaccine and no consensus about how to contain it – and who should do the containing.Some people wear masks, some refuse. Travellers are quarantined, the…

On December 11, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer to begin distributing its vaccine for Covid-19. The triumphant moment comes on the brink of a grim winter, amid record case levels across the United States, and it is accompanied by countless unknowns. For Episode 22 of The Politics of…

A transcript of Episode 22 of The Politics of Everything, “How Pandemics End”Laura Marsh: This week I did something I never imagined doing: I logged on to The New York Times, entered my age, my job, the county I live in, and some information about my health, and the website…

2020 has put an end to Ohio State and Michigan's rivalry streak. The Wolverines announced Tuesday that they'd be unable to travel and play at the Buckeyes on Saturday because of an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the program. The rivalry, which began in 1897 and has long been known simply…

If it is meant to be, then it is meant to be, no matter what the business condition is. This is the law of proper timing, which embodies the positive story of Marivic Hernandez, yet it’s against all odds. It has been my fondness to go around the Metro and…