Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It

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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused it | Gina Bari Kolata

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Carissa-Green-Reads

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused it | Gina Bari Kolata

I meant to read this book when it came out in 1999. Guess now is a good time to circle back to it. #themereading

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It | Gina Kolata

I wonder if this is smart, but what the heck! Let‘s read about a pandemic when there‘s one in real life. 😷

Crazeedi Read a couple years ago, it was very good 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Crazeedi Cool—glad to know! 5y

Hooked_on_books That pandemic was waaaaay worse than this one will be. 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Hooked_on_books Hope you‘re right! 5y

Andrew65 This is a great fiction book that takes in the Spanish Flu Epidemic.

As Bright as Heaven

Hooked_on_books The 1918 flu killed 1/3 of the world‘s population. COVID-19 has a less than 2% death rate. So even if every single person contracted it, less than 2% of the world would die, not 33%. Not even the same game. The current pandemic should be taken seriously, but it‘s not the apocalyptic event some people are making it out to be. 5y

Lesanne I‘m getting ready to start a different book about the same thing! The Great Influenza by John Barry. 5y

Crazeedi @Andrew65 yes I read that one too, very good 5y

Crazeedi @Hooked_on_books exactly 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Hooked_on_books Absolutely, the statistics will be different. But, I‘m also conscious that the impact will be so much broader than who dies. It‘s going to affect businesses large and small. And also a lot of people without good insurance will have their lives changed forever by medical debt, since the US doesn‘t have universal coverage. In countries with universal coverage, the medical costs of caring for so many people will change economies. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Andrew65 I was thinking I may pair the fiction and nonfiction together, since As Bright is on my shelf too. Glad to know it gets your 👍🏻 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Lesanne I guess we think alike! 5y

Hooked_on_books True. I spent 20 years in health care as a general surgeon and the access/cost issues you mention already exist and will be amplified. But the sad reality is that from a healthcare and economic standpoint this really doesn‘t have to be much different from a worse than usual flu year. But people are panicking to such a degree that they are accelerating these problems. And many will be worse off as a result. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Hooked_on_books Didn‘t mean not to respond—busy day yesterday. I think panic is the wrong approach also. But judicious changes are important. Nobody wants to overwhelm our healthcare system any more than it already is. 5y

rubyslippersreads @Crazeedi @andrew65 I liked that one too. 5y

Crazeedi @Lesanne a very good book!! 5y

Crazeedi @BarbaraTheBibliophage agree!! 5y

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Dolly

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It | Gina Kolata

I got the best kind of flu for Valentine's Day! Perfect selection of books @Giabow 💕and the book bag is sooo needed! These gifts took the sting out of having to get up at 1AM. 😀 Note the cutest, most adorable little pirate above. I ❤️him! Cool that we are both knitters. Did you make my buddy? #cupidgoespostal Thanks to Gloria for making Valentine's Day fun.💖

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cathysaid That pirate is precious! Love handmade gifts ❤️ 8y

LeahBergen That pirate!!! 😍 8y

Reviewsbylola Flu sounds really good. 8y

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Giabow I did make him! I'm so glad you like! Hope the books are as good as they sound! 💕 8y

PomegranateMuse An anthropologist on mars is one of my favorites!!! Oliver Sacks is by far my all time favorite non-fiction author. ❤️ 8y

Dolly @PomegranateMuse Oh good, I'm looking forward to it. The only Sacks I read was The Man Who Mistook...long ago, and for some reason at that time I didn't seek out others he wrote. Thanks for the tip! 8y

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