Reading Wright feels like a clean transcript of an explicit nightmare, which makes it all the more revolting. An expected virus caused an unaccustomed ravage. Why? Wright narrates the failure of diverse authorities– complacent powers, inept leadership, a polarized polis–  as a kind of Swiss cheese diagram for a worldwide adverse event. There is more to be said about what SARS-Co-V2 exploited and why– and a little bit of ok boomer to the book– but I dare anyone to tell it as cleanly.