A tale of two pandemics: The impact of Spanish flu and COVID-19 on religious observance
COVID-19 is the worst pandemic Australia has faced since the pneumonic influenza pandemic of just over a century ago, commonly referred to as "Spanish flu". Up until 2020, present-day Australians wanting to understand what it was like to live through a major pandemic, such as the Spanish f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2021, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-16 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBS Australia; Oceania KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Epidemics
B Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919) B Public worship B COVID-19 (Disease) - Religious aspects B Public health |
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| Summary: | COVID-19 is the worst pandemic Australia has faced since the pneumonic influenza pandemic of just over a century ago, commonly referred to as "Spanish flu". Up until 2020, present-day Australians wanting to understand what it was like to live through a major pandemic, such as the Spanish flu, could do so only by browsing old newspaper reports or reading one of the few written accounts of life back then or by watching grainy film footage of men and women wearing masks. Now, it is a lived reality. But how different is the current experience from that of a century ago? |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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