This revised edition combines a brand-new design with updated information and features diseases such as Spanish Influenza, Ebola, and AIDS, as well as a new chapter on Covid-19. Peters highlights seven epidemics, ranging from 1665 to the 1980s, in a book well suited to middle school readers intrigued by medical investigation, mysterious. Patient Zero tracks the gripping tales of eight epidemics and pandemics-how they started, how they spread, and the fight to stop them. Reading as an adult who just wanted the basics of some of historys most deadly epidemics, I thought this was a really interesting read. Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics. Epidemiologists have been ignored, mocked, or silenced all while trying to protect the population and identify "patient zero"-the first person to have contracted the disease, and a key piece in solving the epidemic puzzle. Marilee Peterss book on restorative justices practices travels across the world and time to offer examples and templates of this conflict management and approach to making amends. More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identifying these diseases and determining how they spread is often a terrifying gamble. She has been a librarian and, over the years, has written about politics, theater, childcare, and health, among other subjects. Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases-now revised to include updated information and a new chapter on Covid-19. Marilee Peters was born in Ottawa, Canada. For more than a decade I’ve been crafting stories that bring clarity, forcefulness, wit and style to corporate communications - within budget and on deadline.
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