Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine

Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley have been researching quarantine since long before the COVID-19 pandemic. With Until Proven Safe, they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent listening for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces---biological, political, technological--that shape our modern world.

Quarantine is our most powerful response to uncertainty: it means waiting to see if something hidden inside us will b...