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David Quammen: Breathless (2022, Random House Children's Books) 5 stars

The story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, …

Vivid, informal, holistic view of scientific response to pandemic

5 stars

Not only is Quammen a spectacular science expositor to begin with, he already had years of experience writing about viral zoonoses prior to COVID. It makes sense that he should have written such a book, and it's great.