Behind the Headlines | Plagues and Pandemics

Recorded March 26, 2020. As Coronavirus pervades homes, societies
and minds, our online Behind the Headlines discussion will ask what
we can learn from pandemics and plagues of the past, in addressing
a global public health crisis today. With Governments the world
over taking extraordinary emergency measures to curb the spread and
impact of this new virus, we seek to understand what might be
learned from past occurrences of plagues and pandemics as we
approach Covid-19 today. Bringing together our customary
multi-disciplinary panel, we will discuss the Black Death, the 1918
‘Spanish’ flu, ethics and epidemics, immunology and the work
currently underway by scientists, public health officials,
individuals and society as a whole to tackle this pandemic. Learn
more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/