A little hard to understand in places, and obviously not up-to-date. There are also a lot of numbers-costs, risks and percentages, absolute numbers, rates per place or population, etc.Īll in all, this is an excellent book. Several of the later chapters are science-heavy (though my microbiologist friend disagrees LOL), as they discuss how viruses mutate. What happens to public health trust and funding if the scientists models are incorrect? The chapter on the 1976 flu was slow because nothing happens-which is the point. This took me so long to read because I got bogged down a few times. Near the end Garrett does begin to address the ranpant budget-cutting that had started in the US, and what it might mean for the future. She discusses the political problems of getting funding and recognition for AIDS around the world.
But this is a great overview of historic emerging diseases (Machupo, Ebola, Toxic SHock Syndrome, new flus, Hantavirus, and many more) and the scientific and cooperative work that has gone into learning about vectors, contagion, treatments, and so on. This book is from 1993 so there is no SARS, MERS, or Covid-19. I finished! Started in April, finished in December.
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