The Pandemic Century Author Forename:Mark David Sedaris has become one

David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humour writers

The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy

not long afterwards

Not only was Labour starting to fall apart

thought to be dead or a witch by her village

The Pandemic Century Author Forename:Mark David Sedaris has become oneEver since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From the Spanish flu and the 1924 outbreak of pneumonic plague in Los Angeles, to the 1930 'parrot fever' pandemic and the more recent SARS, Ebola, Zika and now COVID 19