May 5, 2020
By Karel Lucander
For nearly 30 years, Sister Judy Mouch has studied the 1918 Spanish flu with University of Detroit Mercy nursing students. And since 2011, she’s examined the movie Contagion with them, tracing the effects of SARS. But those historic viral references didn’t really resonate until the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Fast-forward to the past two months in Detroit, Michigan: home to Sister Judy, now a retired associate professor of nursing at the University of Detroit Mercy. Detroit has been one of the country’s metro areas hardest hit by COVID-19, and Detroit Mercy nursing students, faculty and alumni have seen its ravaging effects first-hand.Read More