Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine
Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
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Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine
Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
... a big-picture history of medical quarantine.
What...makes their book compelling, besides their extensive experience as journalists, is the depth of their research coupled with a firm conviction that quarantine, a mighty yet dangerous weapon, must be used 'more wisely in the future'.
... uncanny in its prescience. It also serves as a good reminder for all of us to refrain from feelings of complacency because as this fascinating book shows again and again, it’s foolish to think this will be our last pandemic.
... there is something counterintuitively comforting in a deeply-considered book that contextualizes and justifies the seclusion and uncertainty of the past 18 months.
There is no shortage of excellent books about the current pandemic and how we got here, but if you seek an entertaining yet sober account of how the world has dealt with lockdowns in the past and how we can better protect ourselves in the future, you should read Until Proven Safe.
In their unnvervingly timed new book, Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley investigate humanity’s most potent and problematic tool for managing contagion ...The authors cycle though instances of quarantine, eluding the sled ruts of any one epidemiolocal tradition.
Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley do an impressively judicious job of explaining exactly why fears of quarantine are understandable and historically justified.
An informative account for readers interested in public health’s impact on historical and current practices in medicine and science..
...as Until Proven Safe methodically illustrates, quarantine has been around for centuries.
... a beautifully written travelogue of places where people had been quarantined in earlier times, as well as a meditation on the ways and means, the rights and wrongs, of isolating people to prevent the spread of deadly contagions.
Quarantine.
A captivating survey of the uses and abuses of quarantines.
... a riveting and timely look at how humanity has protected itself by isolating segments of its populations.