Episode 3: Down With the Sickness
On this episode of Disturbing the Peace, follow teenage Lindsay into a graveyard, then travel back in time to 1918 and 1919 in the Peace Region during the Flu epidemic. Find out about the influential people of the time and how they handled it. Sources: https://definingmomentscanada.ca/1918-influenza-pandemic/flu-microhistories/grande-prairie-pandemic/#:~:text=It was named Bear Creek,nearby cemetery after the pandemic.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/new-york-covid-cases.htmlhttps://open.alberta.ca/dataset/daab9fce-c2f6-49d1-a433-375b2b7aee24/resource/a3281f6a-4ded-4ca0-b129-07dd4a4cee8c/download/population1918.pdfhttps://www.alberta.ca/stats/dashboard/respiratory-virus-dashboard.htm?data=historical-data#historical-data Grande Prairie Herald, âFlu Newsâ, November 5 1918Grande Prairie Herald, âWearing of Masks Made Compulsoryâ, November 26 1918Grande Prairie Herald, âMore Victims of Influenzaâ, November 26 1918Articles, reports, and notes provided by the South Peace Regional Archiveshttps://www.southpeacearchives.org/cemetery-tours/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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On this episode of Disturbing the Peace, follow teenage Lindsay into a graveyard, then travel back in time to 1918 and 1919 in the Peace Region during the Flu epidemic. Find out about the influential people of the time and how they handled it. Sources: https://definingmomentscanada.ca/1918-influenza-pandemic/flu-microhistories/grande-prairie-pandemic/#:~:text=It was named Bear Creek,nearby cemetery after the pandemic.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/new-york-covid-cases.htmlhttps://op...