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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：2021-07-27 20:21:03
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Geoff Manaugh
  • ISBN：B08FGTZDNP
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Reviews

Drea ，

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 ，

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 ，

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