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nabilah's review against another edition
4.0
Basically the author argues that the way the agriculture industry sets up make endemics, pandemics and all of that would happen in increasing frequency and intensity but because capitalism sucks and the industry definitely would not let the appropriate authorities regulate them, we couldn't really fight this from not happening.
It's a good book but it has lots of scientific terms because the author is an expert in his field and he is not a journalist. He knows his things well so this is why it is a good book.
It's a good book but it has lots of scientific terms because the author is an expert in his field and he is not a journalist. He knows his things well so this is why it is a good book.
resolutereader's review
3.0
The media is a fickle beast, so coverage of potential epidemics of diseases veers between the apocalyptic to nonexistence. As an outbreak occurs we hear about the potential terrifying consequences of the disease, combined with graphic details of the symptoms and frequently pictures of large numbers of dead animals.
Rob Wallace's new book is an important polemic that argues that we, as a society, should be a lot more concerned about the potential for disease to decimate the human population. It is very much a question of not if, but when. Wallace's work is important because it argues that the key problem is not inadequate science, nor ineffectual medicine (though at times these may be issues) but an approach to the question which fails to see the systematic way that capitalism has transformed our relationship to the wider eco-system in ways that encourage the spread, mutation and virulence of disease.
Full review: http://resolutereader.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/rob-wallace-big-farms-make-big-flu.html
Rob Wallace's new book is an important polemic that argues that we, as a society, should be a lot more concerned about the potential for disease to decimate the human population. It is very much a question of not if, but when. Wallace's work is important because it argues that the key problem is not inadequate science, nor ineffectual medicine (though at times these may be issues) but an approach to the question which fails to see the systematic way that capitalism has transformed our relationship to the wider eco-system in ways that encourage the spread, mutation and virulence of disease.
Full review: http://resolutereader.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/rob-wallace-big-farms-make-big-flu.html
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