Deadly Companions

This audiobook explores the intricate relationship between humans and microbes, revealing how their intertwined history has influenced our culture and health through pandemics and disease. Starting with the SARS outbreak, Dorothy H. Crawford traces the evolution of microbes alongside human society, highlighting how changes in our way of life have affected our vulnerability. She considers current and future risks associated with modern living, raising thought-provoking questions about our ongoing coexistence with microbes and their role in shaping human history.