Dan Wallace

USC history grad student

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USC historians reviewed public response to past epidemics in California, including cholera, the Spanish flu, and the bubonic plague.

Blaming foreigners, resisting masks: Reactions to past epidemics are similar to COVID-19

USC historians reviewed public response to past epidemics in California, including cholera, the Spanish flu, and the bubonic plague.

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