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Stories of SARS Survivors From Toronto

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020

The 2002-2004 SARS epidemic around the world left behind many lessons for us to look back on in this COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some stories from SARS in Toronto survivors.

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A Soldier’s Letter Home in 1918

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on March 7, 2020March 15, 2020

In 1918, two Canadian brothers serving in World War I sent letters back and forth with friends and family. Some of those letters have been preserved, telling the story of how one of them died from Spanish Influenza.

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Catching Up With Previous News Items

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on January 18, 2020

We bring you up to date with a couple of previous news items we blogged about last year, and we present you with an undercover investigation by CBC-Radio Canada about the anti-vaccine movement.

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1910. Children's Hospital, Korovia St., Moscow. Child being immunized against diphtheria.⠀
1911. Katie Kuritzko, 7-year-old oyster shucker. Has mumps now. Her 8-year-old brother also shucks. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.⠀
1910. A.H. Woods presents Valeska Suratt in the swift, smart & saucy play, The girl with the whooping cough the latest Paris sensation : by Stanislaus Stange.⠀
1953. Mumps the word The expressions on the faces of Carol Ann Warren, 3-1/2 (left), of San Francisco, and her 18-month-old sister, Virginia, show what they think of their case of the mumps. In a word: "Phooey."
1943. Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. Production of pertussis vaccine.⠀
1917. 8-year-old truant newsboy, who didn't know his name nor where he lived. Said he had just had the measles. Photographed during school hours. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.⠀

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