How do local primary sources about the COVID-19 pandemic compare with the primary sources of the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic?

• The Prince George Citizen (and other local news outlets)
• Websites
• Television/internet broadcasts
• Government news releases

What other current primary sources can you think of?

How can you compare your lived experiences of COVID-19 with that of the experiences of people who lived during the Spanish flu epidemic?

Think about:

• Political motives - For example, why might there be and/or have been a lack of transparency about what was happening?
• Fear and myth-making - For example, in 1918 there were myths about the epidemic created by World War I enemies
• Impacts of the lack of current knowledge about treatment and spread of false information and "cures"
• Information sharing - how did this differ between 1918 and 2020 and what is the impact of those differences?
• Lessons learned - what lessons were learned from the 1918/19 influenza pandemic and how did societies change as a result? What have you learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how do you think societies should change to avoid or lessen the impact of future pandemics?