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;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Louisbu rg Library District 1:geo:38.6191448,-94.6816529 GEO:38.6191448;-94.6816529 DESCRIPTION:Each month enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders..\nhttps://louisburglibrary.libnet.info/event/12766576 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: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. \;
\nThe COVID-19 pandemic won't be our l ast&mdash\;because what makes us vulnerable to pandemics also makes us hum an. That is the uncomfortable but all-too-timely message of The Human Dise ase: How We Create Pandemics\, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs\, which trav els through history and around the globe to examine how and why pandemics are an inescapable threat of our own making. Drawing on dozens of discipli nes&mdash\;from medicine\, epidemiology\, and microbiology to anthropology \, sociology\, ecology\, and neuroscience&mdash\;as well as a unique exper tise in public education about emerging infectious diseases\, biological a nthropologist Sabrina Sholts identifies the human traits and tendencies th at double as pandemic liabilities\, from the anatomy that defines us to th e misperceptions that divide us.
\n\;Weaving together a wealth of personal experiences\, scientific findings\, and historical stories\, S holts brings dramatic 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 di sease events explored in The Human Disease. With its expansive\, evolution ary perspective\, the book explains how humanity will continue to face new pandemics because humans cause them\, by the ways that we are and the thi ngs that we do. By recognizing our risks\, Sholts suggests\, we can take a ctions to reduce them. When the next pandemic happens\, and how bad it bec omes\, are largely within our highly capable human hands&mdash\;and will b e determined by what we do with our extraordinary human brains. A presenta tion you don&rsquo\;t want to miss\, register now!
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