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“Nemesis describes a fictitious outbreak of polio in 1944, eleven years before the vaccine. For me the story has great resonance with the events unfolding in 2020. The fear of polio, initially untreatable like COVID-19, was very great. Though facts and figures can convey the nature of a dreadful pandemic or a horrifying epidemic targeting children, the emotional reality is best portrayed in works of fiction.” Read more...
John Rhodes, Scientist
