Interview with R. Kucera about pandemics in history

Wounds, such as the spread of coronavirus, are known to mankind from modern history. Yet they had always forgotten them quickly. "One-time disasters such as a pandemic or earthquake rarely change the political order, but very often bring to the surface the basic characteristics of individual societies, which are much more hidden in times of calm," says historian Rudolf Kučera in an interview with HN.

Interview here.