20th Century Plague: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World

Join us for a discussion with Laura Spinney, a science journalist and author of Pale Rider, moderated by Jonathan Quick, author of The End of Epidemics about the inevitability of epidemics, our propensity to forgot them once they have passed, and our attitude to pandemic preparedness looking to the future – with the Spanish flu as a key example.

Laura Spinney is an author and science journalist.

Jonathan Quick is Senior Fellow Emeritus at MSH, where he previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004-2017.