Around The Block

Still Ill

May 28, 2020 Block22 Season 1 Episode 7
Still Ill
Around The Block
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Around The Block
Still Ill
May 28, 2020 Season 1 Episode 7
Block22

Let's go back in time to an age of social distancing, school closures, and global health fears. 

Sound familiar? 

A century before this current coronavirus pandemic, the world dealt with another major public health crisis. 

Though it's known to history as the Spanish Flu, there are many reasons to believe the Pandemic of 1918 began right here in Kansas. 

We discuss that and much more about the so-called Spanish Flu with our guest, Randy Roberts, historian and dean of library services at Pittsburg State University.  

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Let's go back in time to an age of social distancing, school closures, and global health fears. 

Sound familiar? 

A century before this current coronavirus pandemic, the world dealt with another major public health crisis. 

Though it's known to history as the Spanish Flu, there are many reasons to believe the Pandemic of 1918 began right here in Kansas. 

We discuss that and much more about the so-called Spanish Flu with our guest, Randy Roberts, historian and dean of library services at Pittsburg State University.