Professor Barry Doyle on BBC Radio Leeds talking about the Spanish Flu Centenary

Professor Barry Doyle was invited to be a guest on BBC Radio Leeds and took part in a live studio chat as October 2018 marks the centenary of the Spanish Flu pandemic that claimed more lives than World War One.

It claimed the lives of up to 50 million worldwide and was responsible for an estimated 150,000 deaths in Britain. The country had one of the world’s most highly developed healthcare systems, but central government and local authorities failed to take meaningful action to halt the spread of the disease.