While it was impossible to predict the emergence of SARS-CoV-2-and it remains impossible to predict which pathogen will cause the next global outbreak-by unraveling the stories of pandemics past we can begin to better understand our own future, and to prepare for what it holds in store. It might be Ebola, avian flu, a drug-resistant superbug, or something completely new, like the novel virus the world is confronting today. Years before the sudden arrival of COVID-19, ninety percent of epidemiologists predicted that one of them would cause a deadly pandemic sometime in the next two generations.
Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either emerged or reemerged, appearing in places where they’ve never before been seen. Prizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah presents a startling examination of the pandemics that have ravaged humanity-and shows us how history can prepare us to confront the most serious acute global health emergency of our time. “ grounded, bracingly intelligent study” - Nature
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | A New York Times Editor's Choice
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