Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very f act of being human increases our pandemic risks&mdash\;and gives us the po wer to save ourselves. \;Weaving together a wealth of personal experie nces\, scientific findings\, and historical stories\, Sholts brings dramat ic and much-needed clarity to one of the most profound challenges we face as a species. Though the COVID-19 pandemic looms large in Sholts's account \, it is\, in fact\, just one of the many infectious disease events explor ed in The Human Disease. With its expansive\, evolutionary perspective\, t he book explains how humanity will continue to face new pandemics because humans cause them\, by the ways that we are and the things that we do. By recognizing our risks\, Sholts suggests\, we can take actions to reduce th em. When the next pandemic will happen\, and how bad it will become\, are both largely within our highly capable human hands&mdash\;and will be dete rmined by what we do with our extraordinary human brains. \;
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