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Are pandemic times really unprecedented?

Are pandemic times really unprecedented?

Update: 2022-11-16

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Welcome to the Big Thinking podcast, where we talk to leading researchers about their work on some of the most important and interesting questions of our time.

Gabriel Miller, President and CEO of the Federation, is our host.

Today we talk about the still-evolving COVID-19 pandemic, a health crisis that’s often been called ‘unprecedented.’ But was it? Miller is joined by Madeline Mant, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto to explore this question through the lens of pandemics past.

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Are pandemic times really unprecedented?

Are pandemic times really unprecedented?

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