Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus Quammen David
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus Quammen David National Book Award FinalistThe story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its…
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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus Quammen David
National Book Award FinalistThe story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.Breathless is the story of SARS-CoV-2 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists who study its origin, its ever-changing nature, and its capacity to kill us. He explains why this coronavirus will probably be a "forever virus," destined to circulate among humans and bedevil us endlessly, in one variant form or another. David Quammen expertly shows how strange new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt wild ecosystems, and how those viruses adapt to their human hosts, sometimes causing global catastrophe.
As scientists labor to catch it, comprehend it, and control it, with their high-tech tools and methods, the virus