Mütter Museum Curator Anna Dhody sits with mortician and author Caitlin Doughty to discuss the 1918 influenza pandemic in Philadelphia ahead of our new exhibit Spit Spreads Death!
Tag: Spanish Influenza
On September 28, 2019, residents of Philadelphia came together to remember a parade in 1918 that brought the influenza pandemic to the city, killing thousands.
The cost of the influenza pandemic of 1918 to one life insurance company was over $70 million in today’s dollars. A severe influenza pandemic today would cost billions in losses to the US.