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Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine

Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine

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  • Create Date：2021-07-18 20:30:56
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Geoff Manaugh
  • ISBN：0374126585
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Summary

Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley trace the history and the future of quarantine methods and tactics。

Quarantine is such a simple， profound， and effective idea that it's almost hard to realize that it is in fact an idea--a concept that needed to be discovered， figured out， refined， and， of course， applied。 We are now all too aware of how it is applied， but we know far less about how the idea came to be--and where it may yet go。

Until Proven Safe tracks the idea of quarantine around the globe， through time and space， chasing the story from the lazarettos and quarantine islands of Venice--built before communicable diseases were really understood--to the hallways of the CDC， NASA， and the cutting-edge labs and conference rooms where the future technology of quarantine is being developed。 The result is a tour of an idea that could not be more urgent or relevant， a book full of stories， people， and insights that is as compelling as it is definitive。

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Reviews

Ula Tardigrade ，

Every crisis is an opportunity - it may be a cliché but it is certainly true in the case of this book。 Global pandemic in 2020 made a seemingly obscure quarantine not only relevant but a hot topic。 Thankfully， it is not a case of a hastily written volume intended to grab the spotlight。 The authors worked on it for many years， researching， traveling the world and interviewing numerous experts， and it isn’t focused on COVID-19 （but it covers recent developments）。 I have to admit that after last ye Every crisis is an opportunity - it may be a cliché but it is certainly true in the case of this book。 Global pandemic in 2020 made a seemingly obscure quarantine not only relevant but a hot topic。 Thankfully， it is not a case of a hastily written volume intended to grab the spotlight。 The authors worked on it for many years， researching， traveling the world and interviewing numerous experts， and it isn’t focused on COVID-19 （but it covers recent developments）。 I have to admit that after last year I am experiencing a kind of COVID-fatigue， so I’ve found the parts dedicated to the history of quarantine and it’s aspects not directly related to human infectious diseases most interesting and enlightening。 I especially loved the chapter devoted to space exploration - yes， there is such a thing as planetary quarantine！The book is very well written and original。 Recommended to anyone interested in the history of medicine， science and engineering。Thanks to the publisher， Farrar， Straus and Giroux， and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book。 。。。more

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