2021
DOI: 10.17159/2223-0386/2020/n24a9
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Teaching about dying and death: The 1918 Flu epidemic in South Africa

Abstract: It seems obvious that while others around us are concerned with trying to understand the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways in which it has disrupted so much of our lives and professional work, history educators should be concerned rather to look back, to study previous epidemics for the light that they can shed on today. The 1918 'Spanish' flu is a logical starting place. But it presents two obstacles: first, that there is so little that is truly comparable to the 2020 experience and, secondly, that… Show more

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“…Can you imagine. (Siebörger and Firth 2020) This was also a profound issue for the DRC. Cemeteries quickly filled up and were deemed unusable when the isolation-related regulations prevented large groups of people from gathering at funerals.…”
Section: Funerals and Burials: A Painful Effect Of Pandemicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Can you imagine. (Siebörger and Firth 2020) This was also a profound issue for the DRC. Cemeteries quickly filled up and were deemed unusable when the isolation-related regulations prevented large groups of people from gathering at funerals.…”
Section: Funerals and Burials: A Painful Effect Of Pandemicsmentioning
confidence: 99%