Ask Geoffrey: How Did Chicago Manage Epidemics in the Past?
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How public health epidemics changed the building of Chicago.
The 1918 Spanish flu was not even close to being Chicago’s first bout with fast-spreading disease. Geoffrey Baer looks at how Chicago managed a tidal wave of diseases in its earliest years.
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Ask Geoffrey: How Did Chicago Manage Epidemics in the Past?
Clip: 4/9/2020 | 6m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
The 1918 Spanish flu was not even close to being Chicago’s first bout with fast-spreading disease. Geoffrey Baer looks at how Chicago managed a tidal wave of diseases in its earliest years.
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