Richard Shope and the Spanish Flu
Episode 92, Jan 18, 2021, 05:00 AM
The Spanish Flu was the worst pandemic of the 20th century, but it took us a decade to figure out what was causing it. This week we cover a little bit of the Spanish Flu and a lot of the man that discovered the culprit. Spoiler, it probably wasn’t Spain...
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References and Further Reading
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1951634/?page=1
- http://centennial.rucares.org/index.php?page=Influenza
- http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shope-richard.pdf
- https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/harvey-lectures/21/
- https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal)
- https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html
- https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm
- https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118275/
- https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/spanish-flu.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720273/
- https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/flu3.htm
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