For the Ages: A History Podcast

A Conversation with John M. Barry: The Great Influenza

March 14, 2022 New-York Historical Society Season 1 Episode 28
For the Ages: A History Podcast
A Conversation with John M. Barry: The Great Influenza
Show Notes

At the height of World War I, a lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, spreading rapidly as it moved east with American troops. The influenza pandemic of 1918 ended up killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. Author John M. Barry joins David M. Rubenstein for a conversation on how the 1918 pandemic began and spread, as well as what was ultimately done to stop it.
Recorded on June 25, 2020