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for even though they may seem very different

John became fast friends with Henry

Assata's light shows through all the same

When her new roommate’s brother is released from prison

so a cozy fire is set ablaze in the fireplace

A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19 | Edna Bonhomme Kathy MacLeod for even though they mayA deeply reported, insightful, and literary account of humankinds battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender linesin the vein of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history,