Description

In this episode, we will explore the emerging concept of mega cities and Victorian London’s biggest epidemiological catastrophe: cholera.  We will learn:

• what it was like to suffer from cholera in Victorian London
• who was affected most by the pandemic and why
• about some of the heroes of the era and their contributions to science and humanity

We will also dig more deeply and question:

• how misinformation and the refusal to reconsider assumptions and preconceived notions worsened and elongated the pandemic, and 
• the similarities between the Covid-19 pandemic in the 21st century and the 19th century cholera epidemic - what have we learned, what should we have learned, and what can history teach us as we navigate modern threats to our collective health?

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