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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

I previously read a fascinating book about the 2014 Ebola outbreak from a physician, but this one goes deeper. Farmer starts with that event then goes deeper into the past to show how Sierra Leone and Liberia came to be health care deserts via colonialism. You then comes forward again to show how radically different things could be with just basic supportive care. Terrific and sobering.

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Megabooks
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Pickpick

Listening to this 22 hr audiobook is an investment but one that pays dividends. Farmer, a doctor on the frontlines of the 2014 Ebola crisis, writes about the history of Sierra Leone and Liberia from the slave trade and founding of these countries to the current politics and extractive trading. He explains why these countries are healthcare deserts from a historical perspective and gives ideas how we can better prepare for the next health crisis.

BarbaraBB You‘re my hero! 22 hours!! Did you recapture your love for audio? 5mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB mostly yes! Although I have to be a lot more invested to finish a book now. 5mo
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Megabooks
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So you may have noticed I haven‘t written an audiobook review in awhile. I‘m still listening to them, but I‘m not enjoying it as much. With all the aides coming and going, I rarely get uninterrupted listening time anymore. However, I decided to leap into a super-long (22 hour) one about the 2013-15 Ebola outbreak and an sociological history of those countries, and I‘m really enjoying it! It‘s a bit slow going, but maybe I‘ll love audio again!

Bookwormjillk Glad you got some audiobook time in. So hard with constant interruptions. I have this one in my TBR so will be looking for your review. 6mo
Lizpixie I‘d love to read this but am struggling to find the audiobook. Where did you get it from if I may ask? 6mo
squirrelbrain I hope it gets you back into audiobooking 🤞😘 6mo
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ImperfectCJ @Lizpixie I don't know where @Megabooks got it, but I'm seeing it on Libby (through Los Angeles Public Library but not through my smaller libraries), on Cloud Library through San Diego Public Library, and on libro.fm 6mo
ImperfectCJ @Lizpixie I don't know about availability outside the US, but the audiobook is published by Dreamscape Media: https://www.dreamscapepublishing.com/single-audiobook/?titleid=1772 6mo
Megabooks @Lizpixie hi! Sorry I went shopping all morning. I picked this up on Libro.fm. I think @squirrelbrain has used their website/audiobooks outside the US. They are DRM free. @ImperfectCJ 6mo
Megabooks @Bookwormjillk so far it‘s very worth the time investment! 6mo
squirrelbrain @Lizpixie - yes, I‘ve used Libro.fm here in the UK. I‘ve been gifted audiobooks through the site from Littens in the US, and have also been able to reciprocate with gifts back again. 6mo
BarbaraBB It sounds like your kind of book. I hope it will reconnect you with audio! 6mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB it is my kind of book, and I‘m really enjoying it! 6mo
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WhatEmmReads
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First off, this is an older book. Published about 1994, so its a little dated. It was before the time of Ebola outbreak in 2014, when a lot of people hadn‘t even heard of the virus yet. This book gives a summary of the then Reston Outbreak in Reston VA. It can get a little gory at times, but overall it‘s a solid read and can prove that truth is better (and scarier) than fiction…

Read more at: FictionLux

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Sharpeipup
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Over generations, the gene pool of the first farmers became increasingly dominated by individuals who could drink beer on a regular basis. Most of the world‘s population today is made up of descendants of those early beer drinkers, and we have largely inherited their genetic tolerance for alcohol.🍻🍺

#quotes

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jessinikkip
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Reading Patient Zero while sitting in the ER waiting room with a friend. Perhaps a little too perfect that I'd just picked up this to read

Texreader Hoping your friend isn‘t patient zero 🙏🏻? Everything ok? 11mo
jessinikkip @Texreader here for an allergic reaction that wouldn't calm down. They're in the back now being seen and I'm just sitting here reading 11mo
Texreader @jessinikkip Oh gosh that‘s so worrying! How nice of you to be with them now! 11mo
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Decalino
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While Merlin Sheldrake's book Entangled Life highlighted the many amazing aspects of fungi, this book focuses on the threat posed when they are introduced into new environments & hosts with no resistance. The results can be devastating, as in the case of the American chestnut, bats wiped out by white-nose syndrome, or monoculture bananas. The author highlights the crucial importance of genetic diversity and recognition of our interconnected world.

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Megabooks
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Mehso-so

Eh. This was just okay for me personally. She lays out fears of coming fungal pandemics to Earth‘s living things due to global warming. A lot of the book was about plant biology, which I don‘t find as interesting as animals/humans. I did like her info about white nose syndrome in bats and hard-to-treat ear yeast infections in humans. I think someone more interested in plants would enjoy this more. 🤷🏻‍♀️

catiewithac I just bought this yesterday. The problem with Candida auris is very real in the hospital and nursing home communities. 1y
Megabooks @catiewithac yes, I would‘ve loved to read even more about that. Dogs are more frequently getting yeast infections in their ears too. When I first started working working in vet med, bacterial were more common, but when I left private practice yeast were. Fortunately most are still susceptible to clotrimazole topically. (Dogs and cats typically get otitis externa, which responds well to topicals, as opposed to otitis media in humans.) (edited) 1y
Cinfhen Think I‘ll pass on this one☺️ 1y
BarbaraBB Me too! 1y
Megabooks @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 👍🏻👍🏻💜 1y
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KristiAhlers
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Y'all this book sucked me in! I'm trying to do better about my #nonfiction reading and this book focuses on the cholera outbreak in London. This was a fascinating read part medical thriller part medical mystery and well paced. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
Cuilin I loved it too. My daughter did her Water Science Fair in 5 grade based on this book. Great read. 1y
KristiAhlers @Cuilin wow I love to hear that it inspired learning like that. 1y
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BookwormAHN
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I think the tag line sums this up nicely "The terrifying true story of the origins of the ebola virus."
Seriously this book has some disturbing revelations also as a warning Preston like to compare things to food. So don't eat while reading ?
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#Naturalitsy #freespace @AllDebooks
#Booked2023 #pandemic @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen

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