An Epidemic of Rumors: How Stories Shape Our Perception of Disease - Jon D. Lee - Google Books

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In An Epidemic of Rumors, Jon D. Lee examines the human response to epidemics through the lens of the 2003 SARS epidemic. Societies usually respond to the eruption of disease by constructing stories, jokes, conspiracy theories, legends, and rumors, but…