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What We Can Learn Today From The 1918 Flu Pandemic

The 1918 flu pandemic was one of the worst in human history. It killed an estimated 50 million people — and that’s on the low end. Adjusted for population, that would add up to 220 million people dead today.

And, when it hit Phoenix, people came up with novel ways of trying to protect themselves as local governments instituted a quarantine that lasted about six weeks. 

So, what can we learn from what we experienced over a century ago?

For more on that, The Show got a hold of ASU history professor Eduardo Pagán.

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Lauren Gilger, host of KJZZ's The Show, is an award-winning journalist whose work has impacted communities large and small, exposing injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless and marginalized.