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Foreign Bodies

by Simon Schama

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Book of the Day, NPR · September 25, 2023

'Foreign Bodies' traces the history of pandemics and vaccine hesitancy

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A historical account tracing the pain and panic caused by smallpox, cholera and the Bubonic plague over the past two centuries, examining how vaccines were developed for each disease and how understanding science and our bodies brings humans closer together, with relevance to modern global health and COVID-19 political messaging.

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