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Screenshots from Worldometer's Coronavirus Update (Live): 1,623,186 Cases and 97,237 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic:
This is an increase of 86,012 cases in 24 hours.
The top 3 counties for cases have seen a 24-hour increase of 33,684 (US), 4,576 (Spain), and 4,204 (Italy).
Cases and deaths continue to climb. On the Worldometer site these graphs are interactive and show that cases have doubled since March 30, and deaths have doubled since April 1.
David Quammen: Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
David Quammen: Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Jerry Thompson: Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami that Could Devastate North America
A 9.0 quake will be the biggest public health disaster North America has ever faced.
John M. Barry: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Karl Taro Greenfeld: The China Syndrome
How SARS broke out and was hunted down.
Marilyn Chase: The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco
Ralph R. Frerichs: Deadly River: Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti
The best book I know on the subject.
Seth Mnookin: The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy
Sonia Shah: The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
Sonia Shah: Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Highly recommended.
