92: Richard Shope and the Spanish Flu

The Spanish Flu was the worst pandemic of the 20th century, but it took us a decade to figure out what was causing it. This week we cover a little bit of the Spanish Flu and a lot of the man that discovered the culprit. Spoiler, it probably wasn’t Spain...

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References and Further Reading

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1951634/?page=1
2. http://centennial.rucares.org/index.php?page=Influenza
3. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/shope-richard.pdf
4. https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/harvey-lectures/21/
5. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal)
6. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html
7. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm
8. https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic
9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118275/
10. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/spanish-flu.html
11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720273/
12. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/flu3.htm

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