Episode 43 - Bristol and the 1918 'Spanish' Flu Pandemic

Bristol History Podcast
20/04/2020 26 min
Episode 43 - Bristol and the 1918 'Spanish' Flu Pandemic

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Arriving at the end of the First World War, the 1918 'Spanish' Flu was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, killing between 40 and 200 million people worldwide. I spoke with journalist and historian Eugene Byrne - we discussed official strategies to combat the spread of the flu, as well as its local impact on Bristol.

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