A review by jessferg
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata

3.0

Seemed like an appropriate read for a COVID-19 lock-down activity. The first half is much more interesting than the second but mostly because the second half is also INFURIATING because of what feels like a women-in-science discriminatory issue. The author does not take that stand at all - in fact she almost defends the other scientist who is acting "professionally" but c'mon - you read it and tell me there isn't a hint of derision...and then there's factual disappointment. So not as fun to read as the stuff about earlier infections and groundwork.

Of course there's a lot of follow-up needed on my part. The book was published 1999 and even the added epilogue in this edition is 2005. Guess I'll be able to keep busy for awhile longer.