Coronavirus: What past pandemics teach us about COVID-19

The flu pandemic of 1918 was terrifying through its sheer lethality.

The flu pandemic of 1918 was terrifying through its sheer lethality.

As we begin to emerge from social isolation into a “new normal”, much remains unknown. At this liminal moment, Monash historians and archaeologists take the opportunity to look to the past – to discover precedents for our current situation, new perspectives we might take, or even some consolation we may find in our forebears’ pathways to recovery.

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