The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance in Science and Inquiry

Oct 16, 2017 Chinook rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, africa, america, asia, science, anthropology, south-america, central-america

Well, that’s terrifying. That poverty reduction is so incredibly key and is something that none with money is really interested in addressing pretty much dooms us all. But it is fascinating, hearing the tales of early scientific research into outbreaks, especially how many researchers studying infectious diseases and come down with symptoms device that maybe they’re just getting a cold.

It’s very detailed but very interesting. It definitely makes you want to wash your hands more thoroughly and m ...more

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Nov 08, 2009 Tippy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: disease, history, social-sciences, science-history, medicine, economics, politics, evolution, genetics

As you can see from the number of shelves this book is on, this book has everything. Although it's a little outdated, a lot of it is history and her points there are still relevant. In particular, the AIDS stuff is outdated, but her comments on the spread of HIV and the reaction, timing, history and politics of the disease is still relevant and is important for evaluating where we could have improved and will hopefully be applied in the future, should another disease like this emerge.

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Aug 25, 2015 Daphne rated it really liked it

Shelves: quest, own-audio, own-ebook

This book had an incredible amount of really interesting information in it. I thoroughly enjoyed the way it was written and set up. Even though it's over a decade old, it's still a very valid history of epidemiology for the layman. ...more

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