As far back as 3000 BCE (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. Viruses are neither alive nor dead and are the closest thing we have to zombies. Their only known function is to replicate themselves, which can have devastating consequences on their hosts. Viruses and bacteria are always morphing, evolving, and changing, making them hard to treat. This is an enlightening, and sometimes frightening, recounting of the destruction wrought by disease. It looks at how science, the medical community, and governments have conquered or mitigated most epidemics even before they can turn into pandemics.
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