Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine
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- Author：Geoff Manaugh
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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。
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。
Reviews
Drea
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Fascinating！！ Quarantines have existed throughout history and have altered the social， racial， economic， and political course of our lives。 Through interesting examples， the authors describe the how greed and fear and political greed have often driven the process of protecting our public health。 So interesting and timely as the world is engaged in this process as I read this book。 Learned so much。 Excellent。 Thank you to MCD Books for the copy of the book。 I’m grateful！
Kristine
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Until Proven Safe by Geoff Manaugh is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early July。This book goes into instances of personal and makeshift institutional quarantine， how other countries accomplish it （or not accomplish it while its citizens watch out for themselves）， its history （both willingly and by force）， research and post-scientific studies， paranoia， public opinion， and a manifestation of symptoms and sickness。 Altogether， it's scattershot with poorly organized statements about differen Until Proven Safe by Geoff Manaugh is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early July。This book goes into instances of personal and makeshift institutional quarantine， how other countries accomplish it （or not accomplish it while its citizens watch out for themselves）， its history （both willingly and by force）， research and post-scientific studies， paranoia， public opinion， and a manifestation of symptoms and sickness。 Altogether， it's scattershot with poorly organized statements about different points in time and really could use 2 or 3 more editing passes。 。。。more
Ula Tardigrade
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