The Pandemic Century
100 Years of Panic, Hysteria and Hubris
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Narrated by:
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John Lee
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Written by:
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Mark Honigsbaum
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Brought to you by Penguin.
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year.
The most timely and informative history work you will explore this year, tracing a century of pandemics.
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 and Zika, 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 outbreaks. This fast-paced, critically-acclaimed audiobook 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.
©2020 Mark Honigsbaum (P)2020 Penguin Audiono chapter on Covid 19
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