{"id":2602,"date":"2020-04-08T01:50:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2020-04-08T01:50:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:50:50","slug":"day-25-on-david-quammens-spillover-terrific-book-that-foretold-our-pandemic-kind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/04\/08\/day-25-on-david-quammens-spillover-terrific-book-that-foretold-our-pandemic-kind-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 25: On David Quammen's "Spillover": Terrific Book That Foretold Our Pandemic, Kind of"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’ve seen various books mentioned as predicting pandemics, now that the coronavirus time is nigh, but not much mention of one of the best virus books I’ve read: David Quammen’s nonfiction book about the biology behind zoonotic diseases, Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic<\/em> (2012). I read it when it first came out, and am a fan of Quammen’s work, dating back to his days at Outside magazine. It’s a terrific read, both thoughtful and technical. Some of the parts about African viruses are downright scary, including the search for the origins of Ebola and Marburg virus. It’s a good read in these trying times, Day 25 of my virus hunkering.
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So I’ve seen various books mentioned as predicting pandemics, now that the coronavirus time is nigh, but not much mention of one of the best virus books I’ve read: David Quammen’s nonfiction book about the biology behind zoonotic diseases, Spillover: … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,27,33],"tags":[55,68,75],"class_list":["post-2602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-covid-19","category-spillover","category-viruses","tag-book-reviewing","tag-covid-19","tag-david-quammens-spillover"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t