319: Overcoming An Outbreak: How San Francisco Survived the Plague

In this special bonus episode, Ed talks with David K. Randall,
author of Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save
America from the Bubonic Plague. David tells Ed about how Dr.
Rupert Blue defied conventions to get an outbreak of the plague
under control in San Francisco during the early 20th century.
It’s a story that can offer us some important lessons as we
wrestle with our own public health crisis today.  


 


Music:





Chainlink Melody by Podington Bear


Going Forward, Looking Back by Podington Bear


Winter Walk by Podington Bear


Massive by Podington Bear


Pounded Piano by Podington Bear


Light Touch by Podington Bear

Image: Screenshot of headline on page 5 of the Oroville Daily
Register, Oroville, California, Wednesday, November 27, 1907.
Source: Newspapers.com