| ID | 176197 |
| Title Proper | Politics of Epidemics, from Thucydides to Mary Shelley to COVID-19 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Botting, Eileen Hunt |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Nineteenth-century English novelist Mary Shelley wrote a dystopian novel about a global pandemic. From her reading about the connections between wars and plagues, and her personal exposure to wars in Europe and the loss of loved ones to infectious diseases, she came to a conclusion shared by other writers, from the ancient Greek historian Thucydides to analysts of the COVID-19 pandemic: politics is a root cause of deadly contagions. |
| `In' analytical Note | Current History Vol. 120, No.822; Jan 2021: p.35–37 |
| Journal Source | Current History Vol: 120 No 822 |
| Key Words | War ; Public health ; Literature ; Pandemic ; COVID-19 ; Plagues |