Interview - Miriam Calleja Shaw

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You have recently published a book called COVID-19and the Virus that Shook the World . It provides a sobering look at virus infections and pandemics, with particular emphasis on the COVID-19 strain. Presently, the cases have diminished in Europe but the spread has moved elsewhere. However, how safe is ‘safe’ at the moment? With the way things are evolving with the ’new’ coronavirus, it’s very difficult to answer this question. The WHO just last weekend warned that the worst may be yet to come. We are certainly witnessing an atrocious amount of deaths and illness in the US. We don’t yet know with certainty which factors are affecting the progression of the pandemic. Indeed we don’t even know about all the symptoms that appear with COVID-19 infection. The relative ‘safety’ is different for everyone, depending on the state of their immunity and certain other factors. For a person with average health who isn’t too old, the danger of getting severely ill may be low – but we need to
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Robert's Recommended Reads: 5 Gut Busting Reads

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Less is the only book I've read from this list while Wise Children is the one I'm definitely putting on my TBR list. (That's To Be Read, in bookwormspeak.) As always, Robert's choice is an eclectic one, and caters for a varied menagerie of funny bones. As an added bonus, you can see Robert recommend another batch of humorous books on his vlog HERE.
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Naked

 Naked is Sedaris’ first book of memoirs and they will have you laughing loudly from the second story onwards. Whether it’s about the weird jobs he undertook in his teen years or descriptions of his parents and siblings, rest assured the laugh factor is high.
Check out the rest of Robert's list over at THE BOBSPHERE.

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