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/100
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39/100Critics
74/100Scholars
Author:
Nicola Twilley, Geoff Manaugh
Publisher:
MCD
Date:
July 20, 2021
Two journalists track the history and future of quarantine around the globe, chasing the story of emergency isolation through time and spaceâfrom the crumbling lazarettos of the Mediterranean, built to contain the Black Death, to an experimental Ebola unit in London, and from the hallways of the CDC to closed-door simulations where pharmaceutical execs and epidemiologists prepare for the outbreak of a novel coronavirus.
What The Reviewers Say
... a big-picture history of medical quarantine.
What...makes their book compelling, besides their extensive experience as journalists, is the depth of their research coupled with a firm conviction that quarantine, a mighty yet dangerous weapon, must be used 'more wisely in the future'.
... uncanny in its prescience. It also serves as a good reminder for all of us to refrain from feelings of complacency because as this fascinating book shows again and again, it’s foolish to think this will be our last pandemic.
... there is something counterintuitively comforting in a deeply-considered book that contextualizes and justifies the seclusion and uncertainty of the past 18 months.
