#BookLounge: COVID-19 - Separating Fact From Fiction

We are pleased to invite you to participate in our latest BookLounge session, in which Shambhavi Naik will be in conversation with Anirban Mahapatra on the latter’s new book, COVID-19 - Separating Fact From Fiction

Date and Time: March 26, 5 30 PM IST.

About the book:

Where did this virus, first called the novel coronavirus and later SARS coronavirus-2, come from? Did we see it coming? If so, why weren't we better prepared for it? How lethal is it really? How can we protect ourselves from it? How will the pandemic end? What will life be like once it is over? In this meticulously researched book, Anirban Mahapatra demystifies the virus and offers us a historical perspective. He charts the scientific progress made in understanding how the virus infects us and how we fight back, and also looks at the social tensions it has uncovered. In doing so, he offers us a clarity that enables us not only to understand the virus but also live with it.