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Lessons from the past in the present: news from the Spanish flu pandemic to COVID-19
Mercedes Neto1, Tatiana de Oliveira Gomes2, Cristiane Silveira Cunha3
1Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Objective:
to analyze the health conducts for combating the Spanish flu and its relationship with the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro.
Methods:
study from the perspective of microhistory, with analysis of articles published in Revista da Semana on the Spanish flu, having as criteria publications with the term "epidemic" referring to the Spanish flu or influenza in the period of the epidemic outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Federal District.
Results:
18 records, organized in three thematic axes: political, 4; social, 11; care, 3, were found.
Final Considerations:
the lessons left by the Spanish flu epidemic in coronavirus times will be changes in the political, social and care field as marks of major epidemics.
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