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/