Simon Schama: What History Teaches Us About Pandemics

Three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the world and left a deep imprint on society. But the wave of panic, competitive vaccine research, economic impact, and distrust in medical science have already occurred. In his new book Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations (2023) the internationally renowned historian Simon Schama shows how the world has survived similar pandemics before.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries’ smallpox struck London, cholera hit Paris and pestilence came to India. What can history teach us about good leadership in times of pandemic and viruses? How should we look back on the way we dealt with COVID-19? And how can societies prepare themselves for new viruses to come?
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Simon Schama will never ceases to amaze anyone curious about interacting with received, canonised assumptions. His questioning and analysis, finally moulded by his ability to narrate, is what we can all benefit from. WE DO LIVE IN LUCKY TIMES.

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Sir Simon Shams is best Art historian, author, speaker, etc. History of Pandemics is knowledge we should ALL KNW.👍👍👍👍🤓🤓🤓🤓👍👍👍❤

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Oh finally they fixed the awful sound quality!

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My DNA is all over from Scotland to West Africa...Proud of it!!!🤓👍

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Just finished biography set preRevolution in France, during Revolution ad post-Revolution. Fascinatig!!🤓

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I'm a retired History & Humanities professor and respect him very much! Seen many bot his talks. National Treasure by far!👍👍👍🤓🤓🤓😍😍😍

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Large amount of intelligentsia in France at that time.

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That old man is not vaccinated 😉.