Dr. Thomas Saylor, Professor of History at Concordia St. Paul, shares with us about the influenza pandemic of 1918 - commonly called the "Spanish Flu" - and how it spread and impacted the world. He shares insights about how authorities in that time attempted to deal with the outbreak and how 100 years later, some of the same questions are being asked.
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Influenza Pandemic of 1918: Some sources
Epidemic or Pandemic? Also word origins. At https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/epidemic-vs-pandemic-difference
“The Most Dangerous Epidemics in U.S. History: A look back” At https://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#2
“Think Social Distancing is Overkill? Here’s a Cautionary Tale from 1918”, by Kiona Smith. How the cities of St Louis and Philadelphia took different paths to managing the influenza pandemic of 1918. At https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2020/03/16/a-cautionary-tale-about-social-distancing-for-st-patricks-day-and-every-day/#edc7ce1d997b
The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19: A Digital Archive. At www.influenzaarchive.org 50 US stories and their stories. Includes Minneapolis.
'Skipstop' Work Plan to Begin in City Tomorrow, Minneapolis Journal, 16 October 1918, p. 1. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.4130flu.0006.314
Iric Nathanson, “A look back at the 1918 flu pandemic and its impact on Minnesota” In MinnPost, 4 March 2020. At https://www.minnpost.com/health/2020/03/a-look-back-at-the-1918-flu-pandemic-and-its-impact-on-minnesota/
Oral history source: Pandemic Influenza of 1918: An Interview with Edna Register Boone. At http://video1.adph.state.al.us/alphtn/pandemic/EdnaBoone/Local/transcript_ednaboone.pdf
