I noticed recently that the ancient DNA researchers are finding out lots of fascinating things about historic plague pandemics and other diseases, and it occurred to me that we are catching up with those pandemics of the past, while also still handling our present pandemic. And how lucky we are that at least we can very quickly figure out what our problem is and what to do to fix it, whereas people hit by the Black Death had no clue and could do nothing. Now we only have to find a cure for misinformation ...
So anyhow, out of these thoughts grew my latest feature which is out now:
Pandemics past and present
Current Biology Volume 32, Issue 16, 22 August 2022, Pages R855-R857
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NB: as the 2022 features move into the open archives, I will add them to this thread on Mastodon.
The National COVID-19 memorial in London commemorates the 200,000 who died with the disease in the UK. (Photo: Geoff Henso/Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).)
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