**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**
From the author of the prescient Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Breathless is the story of the scientific quest to decipher, control and fight Covid-19.
Breathless
traces SARS-CoV-2's fierce journey through the human population as seen
by the scientists who study its origin, ever-changing nature and
capacity to kill. It shows how strange viruses emerge as we disrupt wild
ecosystems - sometimes causing global catastrophe - and suggests this
coronavirus could be a 'forever virus' that's destined to bedevil us
endlessly.
Quammen also explains that experts saw this pandemic
coming; that scientists warned 'the next big one' would be caused by a
changeable new virus, but were ignored for political or economic
reasons; and that while the origins of this virus may not be known for
years, some suppositions are compelling and others can be dismissed.
Breathless
takes us inside the frantic international effort to control SARS-CoV-2
as if peering over the shoulders of the brilliant scientists who led the
chase.
Praise for Spillover:
'A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting' Walter Isaacson
'A real-life thriller with an outcome that affects us all' Elizabeth Kolbert
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