Anti-vaxxers should read 19th century novels, which describe high mortality rates
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Anti-Vaxxers Ignore the Past
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Plague Lit on Life Returning to Normal
Plague Lit teaches us how people behave DURING plagues. How about how they behave when life returns to normal? Camus may be best on this.
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Post of the Year: Plagues in Literature
A survey of literature through the ages that has dealt with plagues.
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A Literary Survey of What Plagues Mean
A survey of how literary authors have grappled for meaning in times of pestilence bolsters our own search. I look at Sophocles, Virgil, Defoe, Porter, Camus, King, Mandel, Atwood, and Erdrich.
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To Understand COVID-19, Read Camus
Camus’s “The Plague” provides insights into our own coronavirus.
What Defoe Would Say about Ebola
Daniel Defoe’s “Journal of the Plague Year” has good advice for dealing with outbreaks, such as not to react with overly harsh and fearful measures.
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