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How three prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

  • Written by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
How three prior pandemics triggered massive societal shiftsA 19th-century engraving depicts the Angel of Death descending on Rome during the Antonine plague.J.G. Levasseur/Wellcome Collection, CC BY

Before March of this year, few probably thought disease could be a significant driver of human history.

Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in...

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