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The Black Death Comes to America

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The Arrival of the Plague in San Francisco

This chapter follows Dr. Joseph Kinyon, a microbiologist who moves to San Francisco during a bubonic plague scare. As he navigates his new role amidst urgent health crises and competing interests, the narrative explores the critical balance between public health and economic pressures.

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