A review by michalow
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus by David Quammen

4.0

This book is densely packed with information, which is made accessible through Quammen's clear, conversational style. You don't need any previous knowledge of virology or genetics to follow along, but you will need an interest in these things to keep you going. Even though some of the information was familiar to me, I am grateful to Quammen for pulling a cohesive narrative out of what he calls the "firehose of preprints and published studies, of data analysis and speculation, of honest mistakes and hasty claims and retractions..." of the last few years.