{"id":690,"date":"2020-03-20T20:36:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T00:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:49:56","slug":"the-spanish-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_691\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-691\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Emergency_hospital_during_Influenza_epidemic_Camp_Funston_Kansas_-_NCP_1603-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Emergency_hospital_during_Influenza_epidemic_Camp_Funston_Kansas_-_NCP_1603-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Emergency_hospital_during_Influenza_epidemic_Camp_Funston_Kansas_-_NCP_1603-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Emergency_hospital_during_Influenza_epidemic_Camp_Funston_Kansas_-_NCP_1603.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture by Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine &#8211; Emergency hospital during influenza epidemic (NCP 1603), National Museum of Health and Medicine., CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=25513204<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They say that history doesn&#8217;t repeat itself.\u00a0 While that&#8217;s certainly true, it&#8217;s also true that history does tend to rhyme every now and then.<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell the story of the Spanish flu, a story that could have come from today&#8217;s headlines, except it&#8217;s actually about a pandemic\u00a0 that happened 102 years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, Spotify, IHeart Radio, TuneIn and on most other podcast apps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7735\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-690-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746765\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746765\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746765\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746765\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=690-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746765\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say that history doesn&#8217;t repeat itself.\u00a0 While that&#8217;s certainly true, it&#8217;s also true that history does tend to rhyme every now and then. 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