07-12-2021, 10:27 AM
I read Laurie Garrett's book 'The Coming Plague' back in the mid 1990s. Plenty in that tome that could be construed as doomsaying but as it turns out she was right on the money on many points including the occurrence of a worldwide viral epidemic driven by rampant international travel, population density of large cities, unwise laboratory activity, misuse of available pharmaceuticals and dietary pressures encroaching on wilderness areas and wild species. Population's compliance with health measures in any outbreak isn't new either as her references to historic disease control efforts attest. It's just more difficult to implement best practice health measures in our current climate of social media interconnectedness.
Following her on Twitter during the course of COVID19 she is still backing the right run of events though she did admit that the one thing that did catch her out was the US's inept handling of their response to the virus over the course of the Trump presidency.
Following her on Twitter during the course of COVID19 she is still backing the right run of events though she did admit that the one thing that did catch her out was the US's inept handling of their response to the virus over the course of the Trump presidency.