即将到来的瘟疫
The coming plague
Laurie Garrett · 初版 1994 年
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- 深入剖析埃博拉等出血热病毒的传播机制
- 追踪疾控中心与世卫组织病毒猎人的工作
- 全面总结疾病对政治与经济造成的深远影响
这是 Laura Garrett 在90年代写就的一部精彩之作。对于读过 Richard Preston 更为知名的著作 The Hot Zone 的人来说，本书绝对不容错过。它的结构更为紧凑，信息量也更加丰富。作者采用新闻报道兼叙事的手法带我们回顾了病毒的历史。她以极其生动有趣的方式剖析了 Ebola 及其他新兴病毒的出现及其可能带来的影响。每个新疾病/章节都以一篇新闻纪实开篇，并以严谨详实的叙述作结。鉴于如今西非暴发的 Ebola 疫情，我不得不来
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……致死率极高。它杀人的速度相对较快且稳定，所以疫情往往会自己“烧完”熄灭。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease#Epidemiolo... 如果你好奇的话，《逼近的瘟疫》（The Coming Plague）是一本非常有趣的书，涵盖了埃博拉等很多出血热疾病：http://www.amazon.com/The-Coming-Plague-Emerging-Diseases/dp...
…rapid mortality rate. It kills people relatively fast and consistently, so outbreaks often burn themselves out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease#Epidemiolo... If you're curious, The Coming Plague is a very interesting book that covers many hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola: http://www.amazon.com/The-Coming-Plague-Emerging-Diseases/dp...
早在 1994 年就预言了这次疫情的一本好书叫《逼近的瘟疫：失衡世界中新出现的疾病》（The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance），作者是劳里·加勒特（Laurie Garrett）。她在书里专门有一章讲埃博拉病毒，写得非常精彩，解释了为什么这种疾病毒性如此之强。埃博拉突变的速度非常快。
A really good book that predicted this outbreak back in 1994 is called "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance" by Laurie Garrett. She actually has an excellent chapter on the Ebola virus and explained how this disease is so virulent. Ebola mutates very rapidly.
……抗生素耐药性、从野生动物“跳”到人类身上的疾病，甚至可能还有生物武器，似乎都是重大威胁。有兴趣深入阅读的人可以看看：* 劳里·加勒特的《逼近的瘟疫》（The Coming Plague）http://amzn.to/2c9Vsoh * 大卫·奎曼的《溢出》（Spillover）http://amzn.to/2cm4ONj。加勒特那本书尤其棒。关于疾病所具有的政治、经济和社会力量，我还没读过比这更好的总结……
…Antibiotic resistance, diseases that "jump" from wildlife to humans, and even, perhaps, bioweapons, all seem to be major threats. Those interested in reading more might check out: * Laurie Garrett's The Coming Plague http://amzn.to/2c9Vsoh * David Quammen's Spillover http://amzn.to/2cm4ONj Garrett's book is particularly good. I've not read a better summary of the political, economic, and social power disease will…
《逼近的瘟疫》（The Coming Plague）是 1994 年出版的一本书，给了他不少赞誉。我是很久以前读的，但清清楚楚记得里面提到过他。它聚焦于 CDC/WHO 追踪大量……的“病毒猎手”们。
"The Coming Plague" is a book from 1994 that gave him plenty of credit. I read it a long time ago, but definitely remember it talking about him. It focuses on "virus hunters" from the CDC/WHO that tracked down a lot of…
……而一旦人们不再去那些通过共用针头传播疾病的医院，疫情就自行熄灭了。这是一本涵盖许多早期疫情的好书：http://www.amazon.com/The-Coming-Plague-Emerging-Diseases/dp...
…and burned themselves out once people stopped visiting the hospitals where they were transmitted through shared needles. This is a great book that covers many early outbreaks: http://www.amazon.com/The-Coming-Plague-Emerging-Diseases/dp...
如果你对这类东西感兴趣，强烈推荐：劳里·加勒特的《逼近的瘟疫》（The Coming Plague，原帖作 This Coming Plague）。简而言之，这是一本非常好的书，讲述了国际旅行有多便捷，以及医疗基础设施和社会服务投资的减少会如何影响到我们所有人。
Highly recommended If you're interested in this sort of thing: This Coming Plague, by Laurie Garrett. It's a very good book about, in a nutshell, how easy international travel is, and how lower investment in medical infrastructure and social services affect us all.