On September 8th, the author lectured in the Speaker Series of the Gwinnett County Public Library. The video is available online.
In this narrative history of the US through major outbreaks of contagious disease, from yellow fever to the Spanish flu, from HIV/AIDS to Ebola, Polly Price examines how law and government affected the outcome of epidemics—and how those outbreaks in turn shaped our government.
Plagues in the Nation examines how our country learned—and failed to learn—how to address the panic, conflict, and chaos that are the companions of contagion, what policies failed America again and again, and what we must do better next time.