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How germs shaped human history

History Extra podcast

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Jonathan Kennedy's new book, Pathogenesis, charts the ways in which germs and contagions have altered history. He talks to Matt Elton about what it was like having this subject thrust into the spotlight over the past three or four years. "I think in a way, this book is to some extent my therapy," he says.

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