Foreign bodies : pandemics, vaccines and the health of nations / Simon Schama.

A history of the world in six plagues : how contagion, class, and captivity shaped us, from cholera to COVID-19 / Edna Bonhomme.

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Pandemics - History

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Foreign bodies : pandemics, vaccines and the health of nations / Simon Schama.

A history of the world in six plagues : how contagion, class, and captivity shaped us, from cholera to COVID-19 / Edna Bonhomme.