Influenza

Fascinating quick read covering the 1918 pandemic, state of research, and financial shenanigans relating to research over the past 50 years or so. Written in 2018, the warnings at the end of the book are freakishly prescient here in the midst of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

The author has a terrific blog called Talmudology, so I wanted to read his book. Alas, it is not all that clear. Plus he inserts personal details that add nothing to the story, such as how far he grew up from the hospital. The second half is somewhat better.