tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post4062899815154525259..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Bullet Reviews: A Bunch of Books on Epidemic and Disaster ResponseT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-17840920282156605782021-01-02T17:46:45.841-08:002021-01-02T17:46:45.841-08:00I think "Plagues and Peoples" by Willia...I think "Plagues and Peoples" by William H. McNeill belongs on the list as an important analysis of the impact of epidemics on societies throughout history.Sean Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491284627550622216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-41298131399896528832020-05-15T23:09:48.704-07:002020-05-15T23:09:48.704-07:00@7:09PM, May 15's comment was from me, Quantum...@7:09PM, May 15's comment was from me, QuantumZen997.<br /><br />Further more, I don't know why my neighbors were always skeptical of my simple-does-it method. For example, I told them I have been eating spices, mainly pepper, garlic, onions, and so on, to rouse up my immune system for defense. But if I sense any Covid symptoms, e I would stop eating spice and let the body immune systemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-89393845622021320202020-05-15T19:09:26.814-07:002020-05-15T19:09:26.814-07:00I told my neighbors a method of minimizing Covid-1...I told my neighbors a method of minimizing Covid-19 risk, "When people pass by me, I hold my breath. And I also check for the wind direction." They retorted, "You can only hold your breath for so long."<br /><br />I explained, "You only need to hold your breadth a few seconds, then we will be more than 6-feet apart." They continued, "If your idea is so great,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-74878012958831096402020-04-06T07:18:11.705-07:002020-04-06T07:18:11.705-07:00Dr. Greer, thanks for all your posts on the Middle...Dr. Greer, thanks for all your posts on the Middle Kingdom, from which I have learned so much. I don't think I would have read F.W. Mote's great "Imperial China 900-1800" without your pointer, for example.<br /><br />In your January post on the pandemic you explained why you remain unconvinced that the Communist system itself deserves special blame for the pandemic. I agree withNaimishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597532512328931344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-81531149061361604682020-04-01T14:37:34.237-07:002020-04-01T14:37:34.237-07:00@Lexington--
I am not a stranger to Edwardian/Vic...@Lexington--<br /><br />I am not a stranger to Edwardian/Victorian historians, and especially on the Edwardian side it is not hard to find.... *interesting* comments. <br /><br />The one thing you are 100% right about: the prose fo the Victorian writers was unfailingly beautiful. It is a shame we no longer read Macalauy in school....T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-68569635600277021742020-04-01T12:28:47.631-07:002020-04-01T12:28:47.631-07:00"... the outrageous things 19th century histo..."... the outrageous things 19th century historians would scaffold their historical research with ..."<br /><br />My experience with 19th Century historians is that they didn't do or say the things people now say they did. In the areas I know something about, English legal history, for example, there are great historians like Maitland, Stubbs, Freeman, Vinogradoff ... all VictoriansLexington Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413546490641321620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-58921523197198220672020-03-31T20:34:00.167-07:002020-03-31T20:34:00.167-07:00Elizabeth Fenn 'Pox Americana' is pretty g...Elizabeth Fenn 'Pox Americana' is pretty good too. If the pox hadn't killed the Earl Dunmore's black troops black tories might have won the American Revolution (not her view).engleberg11@https://www.blogger.com/profile/06103764237429180817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-82178844501101417432020-03-31T17:33:38.046-07:002020-03-31T17:33:38.046-07:00Thank for the list of reccomendations.
I'm ha...Thank for the list of reccomendations.<br /><br />I'm halfway through Pale Rider by Laura Spinney. <br />Not particularly technical but there are some interesting case studies on how the pandemic was experienced in New York, Brazil and Iran among others. I don't think there is any particular ideological slant to the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com