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Deaths from epidemic disease are exceptional in the developed world, yet in our technically and clinically advanced population, an ever-present risk of disease has generated an industry out of fear.
As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epidemics often stray from the facts on the ground. In a fascinating exploration of the public and cultural record of epidemics, Alcabes gives another type of narrative of disease—one that requires that we reexamine our selection of opponents, and carefully consider the actual motivation of epidemic alarm-bells to further medical, moral, or political campaigns.
