#3 Comparing Pandemics: COVID-19 and the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ | WeAreSTS

What are the similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic? What can we learn by a comparison? How does history help us understand what’s happening today? One of our experts in science communication, Dr Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, interviews one of our historians of science and medicine, Dr Cristiano Turbil, to answer these questions, and more. Did you know the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic probably started in the US state of Kansas? Do you know why the 1918 pandemic is called the ‘Spanish Flu’? This interview was recorded in 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Featuring Interviewee: Dr Cristiano Turbil, STS Teaching Fellow in History of Medicine (@cristianoturbil) Interviewer: Dr Jean-Baptiste Gouyon, UCL Associate Professor of Science Communication <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/gouyon>  (@jbgouyon) Host: Professor Joe Cain, UCL Professor in History and Philosophy of Biology <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/cain> (@profjoecain)   Music credits “Rollin At 5,” by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5000-rollin-at-5 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Production information Editing and post-production by Gouyon, Chalmers, and Cain. “WeAreSTS” producer is Professor Joe Cain.   Podcast information “WeAreSTS” is a production of the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at University College London (UCL). To find out more, and to leave feedback about the show, visit us online: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/podcast Students and staff in STS also can find on the website information about how to get involved with our programme. Twitter: @stsucl #WeAreSTS