Kathryn Corrick and Frank Wales chat to their guest, Phil Booth of MedConfidential (https://medconfidential.org), to discuss the Coronavirus and how health data is managed. Should we be concerned? What can history teach us? Who was Typhoid Mary?

The episode was recorded in mid February 2020 when the Covid-19 outbreak was still in the containment phase.

***Episode notes and further reading***

- John Snow and the 1854 cholera outbreak: https://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/john-snow-and-the-1854-cholera-outbreak/ 
- Susan Campbell Barto's book, 'Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America' takes a compassionate look at Mary's case
- The UK Anonymisation Network has resources and best practice guides on anonymising data https://ukanon.net/ukan-resources/

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