> It should be required reading for anyone interested in how people (and states) respond to the outbreak of an epidemic (which today, includes everyone). It s

> It should be required reading for anyone interested in how people (and states) respond to the outbreak of an epidemic (which today, includes everyone). It should not. I think a more modern writer would do a much better job of capturing the essence of Covid and probably future epidemics. Exile and deprivation were much less of a concern in a world with the internet.