Vox: What Camus’s The Plague can teach us about the Covid-19 pandemic
The Mediterranean city of Oran was the setting for a famous fictional outbreak of bubonic plague in Algeria under French colonial rule. The BBC's Lucy Ash finds parallels between Albert Camus' novel ...
The Guardian: Albert Camus’ The Plague: a story for our, and all, times
Key facts Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, a zoonotic bacteria usually found in small mammals and their fleas. People infected with Y. pestis often develop symptoms after an incubation period of one to seven days. There are two main clinical forms of plague infection: bubonic and pneumonic. Bubonic plague is the most common form and is characterized by painful swollen lymph ...
Welcome to the Plague Outbreak Toolbox Key reference documents Plague information page (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018). Plague fact sheet (Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022). Operational guidelines on plague surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control (New Delhi: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia; 2010).
Some weeks ago, I got an email from a student who had returned to Northern Italy over Christmas to see family. Rereading The Plague over these past weeks has been an uncanny experience. Its fictive ...
He reminds us that suffering is random, and that is the kindest thing one can say about it. By Alain de Botton Mr. de Botton is a writer and philosopher. In January 1941, Albert Camus began work on a ...
During this fearful pandemic, I sought out wisdom from a favorite author from my graduate school days in English literature at Drew University. Albert Camus was a French Algerian philosopher, author, ...