How Diseases Shape the Course of Human History: A Conversation with Author Kyle Harper
This Zoom webinar aired February 15, 2022, as part of the "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World" series. Watch a recording in the player above.
In this video, Kyle Harper discusses his new book, "Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History," which tells the story of humans and their germs. Throughout our history different infectious diseases have arisen and our history has accordingly been shaped, sometimes transformed, by disease. Harper notes this relationship as an ongoing cycle of interconnectedness between humans, human behavior, environment, and disease, reminding us that human health is globally interdependent — and inseparable from the wellbeing of the planet itself.