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Soap and Water & Common Sense
Soap and Water & Common Sense: The Definitive Guide to Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, and Disease | Dr. Bonnie Henry
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The definitive guide to fighting coronaviruses, colds, flus, pandemics, and deadly diseases, from one of North Americas leading public health authorities, now updated with a new introduction on protecting yourself and others from COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry, a leading epidemiologist (microbe hunter) and public health doctor at the forefront of the fight against the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, has spent the better part of the last three decades chasing bugs all over the world from Ebola in Uganda to polio in Pakistan, SARS in Toronto, and the H1N1 influenza outbreak across North America. Now she offers three simple rules to live by: wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough, and stay at home when you have a fever. From viruses to bacteria to parasites and fungi, Dr. Henry takes us on a tour through the halls of Microbes Inc., providing up-to-date and accurate information on everything from the bugs we breathe, to the bugs we eat and drink, the bugs in our backyard, and beyond. Urgent and informative, Soap and Water & Common Sense is the definitive guide to staying healthy in a germ-filled world.
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rabbitprincess
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I found this clear and appropriately technical. That said, the conceit of “Microbes Inc.” seemed a bit silly. Updates to include the early response to COVID were good, but I would have liked more about the 2009 swine flu epidemic that was on while the first edition was being written.

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“...public health authorities must still balance the imposition on an individual‘s privacy and liberty with protection of our greater society from infectious disease.”

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Zephsomething
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It really is just Soap and Water & Common sense
“I would also add one further life-enhancing daily practice, something we can all do, and that will undoubtedly save us in troubling times: let us all show Kindness and awareness and compassion.” - Dr. Bonnie Henry

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The title caught my eye and I‘ve been having a craving for some sensible nonfiction so I‘m going to give this one a read as well