Johnny Reb, Virtual Back to School & The 1918 Flu Pandemic - August 7, 2020

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English - August 07, 2020 21:40 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Albemarle County has unanimously voted to take down it’s confederate statue on the Courthouse lawn. We revisit the history and meanings of the statue. Plus Billy Jean Louis updates us on how local schools are coping with the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Speaking of pandemics, in the last segment we look back in time to the 1918 Flu here in Charlottesville and think about what has and has not changed about public health in the last 102 years.