Praeger Germs at bay: politics, public health, and american quarantine, hardcover/charles vidich

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The novel strain of coronavirus that emerged in late 2019 and became a worldwide pandemic in 2020 is only one of more than 87 new or emerging pathogens discovered since 1980 that have posed a risk to public health.

While many may consider quarantine an antiquated practice, in reality it is often one of the only defenses against new and dangerous communicable diseases.

Tracing the United States' quarantine practices through the colonial, postcolonial, and modern eras, Germs at Bay:.