Global Health Institute

On November 9, 2018, Jonathan D. Quick, M.D., MPH, came to Georgetown to discuss his new book, The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It. Dr. Quick’s book is concerned primarily with modern epidemics and how future epidemics can be prevented, treated, and controlled before they become global pandemics. During his talk, Dr. Quick reviewed past pandemics, from the 1918 Influenza pandemic which killed 50 to 100 million people globally to the 2002 SARS epidemic in Hong Kong which spread to 27 countries within a matter of weeks.

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, an LGBT bar in Greenwich Village, New York. Patrons resisted arrest, escalating hostility and prompting the New York LGBT community to riot for days, protesting years of police harassment. The rebellion catalyzed the greater LGBT rights movement, establishing organizations like the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance. A year after the Stonewall riots, in June, the first LGBT Pride marches were held.