In the second part in our series on the 1918 influenza pandemic, we look at correspondence from General Leonard Wood at Camp Funston, Fort Riley. There were thousands of men who were sickened at the camp. His letters detail some of the struggles to care for the ill, while keeping out loved ones who rushed to help.
Haley talks to KSU medical history professor Heather McCrea, who walks us through the parallels between what was happening with the disease 102 years ago, and the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020.
