An American Plague

Informative and quick to read. Learned that the reason presidents have summer homes is because of the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793 and 1794 when Washington had to leave the sick area to keep his family safe. Also learned that certain laws were made during this time in relation to urgent sickness and the government.
Sad to see that the work of the free African society has not been made more public even today, over 200 years after this outbreak.
Terrified of another “time bomb” of yellow fever effecting the world with limited vaccines available due to lack of production.
Overall great easy read.