Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 188. This time we examine the year 1918 as the Liberty Loan Parade causes a major outbreak of the Spanish Flu in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…also Polio, and 1923 as Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin.
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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/
https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz
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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084
Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ
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Sources:
https://www.aier.org/article/no-lockdowns-the-terrifying-polio-pandemic-of-1949-52/
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic
https://daily.jstor.org/the-1918-parade-that-spread-death-in-philadelphia/
https://fullfact.org/online/1918-philadelphia-parade-fact-checked/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/flu-epidemic-hits-philadelphia
https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/september28th.html
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