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“If you take nothing else away from this book, I hope it’s that sick people are not villains. They are unwell. It’s impossible to say this enough.”

March 29, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed Wright’s It Ended Badly and I’ve read several book on the subjects covered in Get Well Soon (like Smallpox, Rosemary Kennedy’s lobotomy and Oliver Sacks) so this seemed like a natural Must Read. Vaccination is one of the best things that has happened to civilization. Empires toppled like sandcastles in the wake of diseases we do not give a second thought to today. If taking a moment to elaborate on that point will make this book unpopular with a large group of antivaxxers, that’s okay. This feels […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Get Well Soon, Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, jennifer wright

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:35 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Get Well Soon, Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, jennifer wright ·
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