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barleymilktea 's review for:
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by David Quammen
funny to have finished this right before NPR started a series on pandemics. i think my number one take home from this book was maybe DON'T take the extra excursion to the cave full of bat poop -- and that's what they were doing on today's segment on morning edition!!! ugh.
the history of the AIDS virus and why it's important was so interesting. And tho I was aware that bats and wild birds are important reservoirs, it was interesting to hear why. I love the descriptions of all the vets and research scientists and their field work (a fantasy job in a previous life tho I know I would never have the stomach for it). Thank you for sharing their names, their stories and their work. I've heard the story of malaria many times but he put it in a historical context (early in the times of microbiology) that makes it amazing that they figured it out at all.
Big and dense - a lot of info to take in. I borrowed this from the library but am going to need my own copy so I can map out some of these pathways.
One of the questions that came up for me was that even in areas with say ebola and cholera, not everyone who is exposed catches it, and of those that do, not everyone dies. I am interested to know what about those people protected them while others around them suffered. A topic for another book that I hope is being studied.
In the meantime -- avoid bat poop, don't eat downed bush meat, avoid sick chickens & pigs & wild birds.
the history of the AIDS virus and why it's important was so interesting. And tho I was aware that bats and wild birds are important reservoirs, it was interesting to hear why. I love the descriptions of all the vets and research scientists and their field work (a fantasy job in a previous life tho I know I would never have the stomach for it). Thank you for sharing their names, their stories and their work. I've heard the story of malaria many times but he put it in a historical context (early in the times of microbiology) that makes it amazing that they figured it out at all.
Big and dense - a lot of info to take in. I borrowed this from the library but am going to need my own copy so I can map out some of these pathways.
One of the questions that came up for me was that even in areas with say ebola and cholera, not everyone who is exposed catches it, and of those that do, not everyone dies. I am interested to know what about those people protected them while others around them suffered. A topic for another book that I hope is being studied.
In the meantime -- avoid bat poop, don't eat downed bush meat, avoid sick chickens & pigs & wild birds.