Dear Government, Please Make Use Of Historical Knowledge to Defeat the Pandemic

Lotte Jensen, Beatrice de Graaf

Artikelen

2021

Those trying to solve the current coronavirus pandemic cannot do so with a purely biomedical and technical strategy. Four Dutch historians make the case for a multidisciplinary approach, taking into account the social, cultural, economic and psychological dimensions of society. History serves as a toolbox in this aim, as we derive lessons and insights from the past which we can still use today to defeat the pandemic.