$ 0 0 Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public HealthSeries: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And WisconsinThe Virus That Shut Down Wisconsin: The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918 Steven B. BurgApril 7, 2020 | 3 p.m.The speed at which the novel coronavirus has raced around the world, and the severity of the disease it causes, has sparked interest in humanity's last experience with a contagion of such scale.