Title:
Stories of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic can help us today
Published:
Stellenbosch University, 28 May 2020
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7394
From the article:
A research project at Stellenbosch University (SU) that commenced in 2018, the centenary year of the Spanish Influenza, has gained much more relevance today with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study, “Analysing the spread and severity of the 1918 Spanish flu", aims to analyse the effect of the flu by transcribing records of the Spanish Flu pandemic in South Africa. These records – consisting of, amongst others, death certificates and news clips of 1918 – provide insights into how the flu spread, how the government tried to prevent the spread of the virus and who died from the pandemic.