![]() The panelists had been asked to make predictions on when we can be rid of a pandemic that has just this week surged to previously unimaginable levels, and Shah’s was the most optimistic scenario they could muster: a series of deescalating surges, mitigated by a slowly disseminated vaccine and perhaps some herd immunity. ![]() ![]() Shah was speaking at Friday’s science and medicine panel at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - the theme of which, naturally, was COVID-19. “It will end with a whimper and not a bang,” said Sonia Shah, journalist and author of “ Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond.” If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. With Debora MacKenzie, Nicholas Christakis, Sonia Shah and moderator Soumya Karlamangla. Science and Medicine: Looking at the Coronavirus and Pandemics ![]()
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