The Plague Year
The Plague Year started with the absolutely essential first glimpses into the first virus outbreak in China, before concluding everything with the vaccine buildout and the unparalleled events between Joseph Biden's election and his inauguration. This book rises towards mainstream reception by including lots of vital information and interesting historical parallels that thoroughly examines the social, medical, political, and economic repercussions of our COVID-19 pandemic.
The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright takes its readers to the CDC - where the first batch of defective test kits cost America lots of valuable time, then inside the White House's halls - where all early warnings about the virus encountered nothing but great skepticism. Next, it leads us to a COVID ward at a Charlottesville clinic, with a young idealistic female physician from Carolina. We have the chance to have a closer look into the lesser-known precincts of specialists from Goldman Sachs and even the structural system of our own human bodies - where Wright teaches us many things about the science of vaccination.
Wright is an extremely competent writer, breaking through the thick cloud of disinformation to offer us a 360-degree picture of the calamity we believed we understood. His comprehensive story honors the medical experts around America who have put themselves in danger to combat the virus, presenting America in all of its frailty, heroism, and promise. There is no doubt that The Plague Year is among the best books about the Covid-19 pandemic.
Year of Release: 2021
Author: Lawrence Wright
Goodreads Scores: 4.14/5
