Episode 1 Influenza Will Kill You

In Episode 1 we’re talking all things flu, just in time for the start of flu season! We’ll dive into the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed literally millions of people, then talk about the state of influenza in the world today, and tell you everything you need to know about how the flu virus works. 

Books

Spinney, Laura. Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World. PublicAffairs, 2017.
Barry, John M. The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History. Penguin, 2005.
Porter, K. A. (2011). Pale horse, pale rider: The selected short stories. London: Penguin.
Kolata, Gina. Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it. Simon and Schuster, 2001.
Sipress, Alan. The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic. Penguin, 2009.

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