1918 Spanish flu 
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SOURCE: WBUR
5/11/2020
Historian Draws Parallels Between The 1918 Spanish Flu And Today's Coronavirus Pandemic
An interview with historian Kenneth C. Davis about his book on the 1918 outbreak, "More Deadly than War."
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SOURCE: Vox
3/30/2020
A Brief History of Beards and Pandemics
Unlike what was thought during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918, beards cannot trap germs nor transfer disease.
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