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The Spanish flu, one hundred years on: Lessons for science and society

  • Martin E. Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Avenue New York, NY, 10016 United States (map)

Th Oct 11 6:30pm in the Martin E Segal Theatre
Free and open to the public.

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The 1918 flu pandemic killed up to five per cent of the world’s population, making it one of the deadliest events in human history. On this centennial, we look at what made it so deadly, how society responded to this unprecedented emergency, and at the evolution of the flu virus itself.

Laura Spinney and Benjamin Greenbaum

 

Earlier Event: September 28
NYC-NEQ group meeting/journal club
Later Event: October 12
Evolutionary dynamics and influenza