She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in Newsday, chronicling the Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire. Wikipedia

montanacowboy

(6,730 posts)

2. Wrote the great book

Reply to LaurenOlimina (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:53 PM

Mar 2020

The Coming Plague
I read it years ago and it scared the shit out of me. It's a huge book, but you can't put it down. She is a treasure.

MrsCheaplaugh

(283 posts)

4. The Coming Plague

Reply to montanacowboy (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:39 PM

Mar 2020

I want to recommend this excellent book. She wrote it quite a few years ago, but everything she said would happen is happening now. It's written in plain language and yes, it will make your hair stand on end, especially now.

CountAllVotes

(22,240 posts)

3. You can follow her on twitter @Laurie_Garrett

Reply to LaurenOlimina (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:58 PM

Mar 2020

She is one smart woman! I've been following here since the beginning of this nightmare we are now in.

Pulitzer Prize winner, etc.

>>Laurie Garrett (born 1951) is an American science journalist and author. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in Newsday, chronicling the Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire.

More here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Garrett

obnoxiousdrunk

(3,118 posts)

5. She is a

Reply to LaurenOlimina (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:53 PM

Mar 2020

friend of DU'er brooklynite ..

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

6. She also wrote

Reply to LaurenOlimina (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 12:31 AM

Mar 2020

Betrayal of Trust, the Collapse of Global Public Health which is probably far more pertinent to what's happening today.

mahina

(20,708 posts)

7. I was hoping to catch Rachel at 6 but no Rachel.

Reply to LaurenOlimina (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 01:17 AM

Mar 2020

It was Chris Hayes instead.

Maybe at 7? Nope. Brian Williams again again again.

You guys are lucky.

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