Closing Discussion | Pandemic, Creating a Usable Past: Epidemic History, COVID-19, and the Future of Health

Presenters:

• William Schneider, Indiana University I Why Some Pathogens Become Pandemics – Lessons from HIV/AIDS
• Jacob Steere-Wiliams, College of Charleston I Disinfectants, Xenophobia, and Mistrust in the Face of Pandemics
• Ruth Rogaski, Vanderbilt University I The Fraught Historical Legacies of Epidemics in East Asia – From Yersinia pestis to Coronavirus
• Mical Raz, University of Rochester I COVID-19 – History and Health Policy Lessons
• Moderator: Keith Wailoo, Princeton University