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Two for one today ?

Patient Zero is an overview of infectious diseases through history and Quackery is about their "cures" ?

They're bith very informative and easy to read.

#adventrecommends

I liked how the author started each chapter like a case report: patient zero, year, location, which disease, etc. The book discussed prevention and masks in addition to diseases and vaccines. Recommend for anyone interested in epidemiology.

This was really good. It was kind of slow at the start, and it doesn't help at all that Kinyoun was kind of an asshole (however right he was about needing to contain the spread of plague). Once Blue was called in and some things started being done competently, it became pretty riveting. It's a bit sad that Blue became bitter toward the end of his career -- but he had, in the end, a career to be very proud of, and his work in SF was exemplary.

I'm developing myself a new public health hero in the form of Rupert Blue! I love the fact that he may not have been the most academically able person, but he was able to succeed where others failed because he made connections, listened to people's needs, and looked at the evidence beyond his own prejudices.

Thanks to whichever Litten I follow read this lately -- I'm really in the mood for non-fiction right now, and of course I'm always interested in all things to do with infectious diseases. Not sure how much the science part will be in the foreground here, but honestly sometimes that's the most interesting -- where biology meets how people live.

I mean, everyone who gets a birthday coupon from Barnes & Noble immediately goes out and buys a book about horrible diseases with it, right?

In 1900, bubonic plague popped up in San Francisco, initially in an ethnically Chinese man. What followed won‘t surprise any of us in light of our pandemic experience—racism, denial, political wrangling, and more abhorrent behavior, working against genuine attempts to stop the disease. Completely fascinating.

Went to B&N to look for birthday gifts for my Mom and I'm so proud of the fact that I only bought 1 book for myself 😄.

Not exactly anyone's choice as light holiday reading, but this is the book that struck me as the most interesting of #December, and the one I discussed most with other people, especially non-readers.
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❄ Tagged. It's an odd choice for the holiday season 🤣
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