“Make no mistake, they are connected, these disease outbreaks coming one after another. And they are not simply happening to us; they represent the unintended results of things we are doing. They reflect the convergence of two forms of crisis on our planet. The first crisis is ecological, the second is medical.”
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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Taru’s 2025 Year in Books
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