The Pandemic Century: A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19

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The-most-timely-and-informative-history-book-you-will-read-this-year,-tracing-a-century-of-pandemics,-with-a-new-chapter-on-COVID-19.Ever-since-the-1918-Spanish-influenza-pandemic,-scientists-have-dreamed-of-preventing-catastrophic-outbreaks-of-infectious-disease.-Yet,-despite-a-century-of-medical-progress,-viral-and-bacterial-disasters-continue-to-take-us-by-surprise,-inciting-panic-and-dominating-news-cycles.-From-the-Spanish-flu-and-the-1924-outbreak-of-pneumonic-plague-in-Los-Angeles,-to-the-1930-‘parrot-fever’-pandemic-and-the-more-recent-SARS,-Ebola,-Zika-and-–-now-–-COVID-19-epidemics,-the-last-100-years-have-been-marked-by-a-succession-of-unanticipated-pandemic-alarms.In The-Pandemic-Century,-Mark-Honigsbaum-chronicles-100-years-of-history-in-10-outbreaks.-Bringing-us-right-up-to-date-with-a-new-chapter-on-COVID-19,-this-fast-paced,-critically-acclaimed-book-combines-science-history,-medical-sociology-and-thrilling-front-line-reportage-to-deliver-the-story-of-our-times.As-we-meet-dedicated-disease-detectives,-obstructive-public-health-officials,-and-gifted-scientists-often-blinded-by-their-own-expertise,-we-come-face-to-face-with-the-brilliance-and-medical-hubris-shaping-both-the-frontier-of-science-–-and-the-future-of-humanity’s-survival.