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: Big Chunky Books

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There is nothing like immersing yourself in a door stopper book. For some it might be a bit daunting at first, looking at a 700+ page tome - when the hell are you going to find the time to finish that monster? However, the funny thing about thick books is that once you're hooked, there's no turning back. If it's your kind of story, the hours will simply take the Einstein route and before you know it, you're ruing the fact that there aren't another 1000 pages to go. It happened to me recently, with one of the books that Robert mentions - Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch. An absolute gem.




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