Flu (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Gina Kolata
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: History and medicine
- Time of Work: 1918-1999
- Principal Characters: Richard Shope, Johan Hultin, Jeffery Taubenberger, Ann Reid, Kristy Duncan
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Science and technology
- Subjects: 1910’s, Death or dying, World War I, Medicine, Epidemics, Influenza, Viruses
Americans are enjoying a renewed sense of security at the dawn of the millennium. After a half century of war and Cold War, the nation thrives in the peace and basks in its prosperity. Its enemies are too weak and preoccupied to be truly frightening. The threat of nuclear war seems to be receding, too. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the most terrifying plague of modern times, appears less implacably deadly as new treatments emerge and careful precautions become known. In a variety of ways, from consumption habits to the declining size of the family, Americans are signaling a...
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