
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds
Ebola and the Ravages of History
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Narrated by:
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Pete Cross
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Paul Farmer
In 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert, where basic health-care facilities were few and far between. Causing severe loss of life and economic disruption, the Ebola crisis was a major tragedy of modern medicine. But why did it happen, and what can we learn from it?
Paul Farmer, the internationally renowned doctor and anthropologist, experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand - Partners in Health, the organization he founded, was among the international responders.
In Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds, he offers the first substantive account of this frightening, fast-moving episode and its implications. In vibrant prose, he tells the harrowing stories of Ebola victims while showing why the medical response was slow and insufficient. Rebutting misleading claims about the origins of Ebola and why it spread so rapidly, he traces West Africa’s chronic health failures back to centuries of exploitation and injustice. Under formal colonial rule, disease containment was a priority, but care was not - and the region’s health-care woes worsened, with devastating consequences that Farmer traces up to the present.
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I think Bryan Stevenson sums up exactly how I feel about this book: "Paul Farmer's devastating account of catastrophic disease and death created by unjust systems, structures, and abusive history is timely, urgent and terrifying. This moving and compelling book is a tragic but necessary journey guided by an extraordinary anthropologist, historian, teacher, writer, and doctor who has served the poor and disfavored for decades. He has much to teach us in these perilous times."
CRITICAL LISTENING for 2020!
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You have to listen to this book
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It is not dry medical reading, it is a legitimate page turner and exposes so many truths that need to be said. The title is about Ebola and within that gruesome topic, myths and untruths are dispelled. An epilogue on coronavirus is included, written April 10, 2020. But throughout the book, there is also an undercurrent of a defense of Tony Fauci by someone who has been his colleague and friend for many many years, long before Fauci was a household name. It destroys the untruths being told by far too many non experts and even government representatives saying there is something sinister about Fauci. Makes you want to shake them and say, how about you get to know the guy and if not at least learn his history before popping off.
Paul is a genius. But I’ve read enough to also know that Paul and Fauci are the best of us. They are true medical heroes. They care deeply about fellow humans, enough to risk their lives and reputations to try to heal them. This is loving your neighbor. Put this book in your head. I dare say you will find both Farmer and Fauci in your heart.
A must read of public health wisdom
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a college course in itself
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