The Big Nap: How We Failed to Forsee History’s Pandemics, From Bubonic Plague to The Spanish Flu of 1918 to Right Now!

“The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on this planet is the virus.” ―Nobel Prize-winning biologist Joshua Lederberg ~ 1958 Pandemics have been around since time immemorial. Since the earliest dawns of human civilization, we have been struggling as a species to deal with pandemics whenever they arise. Why is that the case? One of the most important aspects of human survival is evolution – the ability to adapt. Given that, why is it that human beings seemingly still haven’t been able to adapt to outbreaks and pandemics? Since we currently live in the digital age of mass information, it should be easier for us to mobilize ourselves and prevent the spread of diseases. However, pandemics continue to threaten the human race. While technology has been able to answer many of the world’s problems, the outbreak of disease is a puzzle that has yet to be solved. This book will spread further insight into what pandemics are and why we still haven’t been able to overcome them after all these years of trials and experience. It will also explore what our next steps are as we move forward into a future that is filled with a lot of threatening uncertainty and ambiguity.