Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael
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In his new book 'Foreign Bodies,' the famed historian follows the journey of the emerging microbiologist community of the 17th and 18th centuries toward protecting public health
For centuries, scientists have striven to combat a whole host of infectious diseases. Yet, as Simon Schama explains in his new book, Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations, they have often met with considerable opposition