In this podcast we look at how primary sources, in this case an audio recording purporting to be from Dealey plaza during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, can raise questions tentatively resolved through inference. In this case, the inference proved correct, confirmed by additional research.
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In this podcast I discuss my concerns that Southern Governors are leading the way to a disasterous, premature opening of swaths of their economies. Medical experts have warned against this and it appears to be based not on the facts critical to public health but to economic considerations alone. Am I an epidemiologist? No, but I am an historian. These Southern Governors are neither. They are ignoring the lessons of the pandemic of 1918-1920. I urge listeners to continue to shelter in place and practice genuine social distancing, because many of your fellow citizens will not do so to the detriment of the public health of everyone.
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