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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
The Coming Plague Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
Author: Laurie Garrett
After decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours. — Relying on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, mole...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781250796127
ISBN-10: 1250796121
Publication Date: 8/25/2020
Pages: 768
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Picador Paper
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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tish avatar reviewed The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance on + 384 more book reviews
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YIKES!!!! this is a long and heavy (both in book weight and weighty issues)
it might be a little dated now but i think it will stand the test of time.
Plagues and new diseases, i believe we may be living in the times she has described.
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reviewed The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance on + 149 more book reviews
I have read three books by this author and each one has been informative and a great read.
This book was a fairly intense read so read it when you have time to concentrate.
I do recommend the book to anyone who is interested in world issues as regards spread of infectious disease.
reviewed The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance on + 4 more book reviews
From the back cover:
"Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world hae fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases...."

Not for hypochondriacs.
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Amazing. Scary. A page turner on par with the best King. More frightening because it is reality.

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