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From KQED.

From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.

It's been exactly one year since the Bay Area's first lockdown. And this week on Forum, we're taking stock of this time.

Today we'll be talking with Nicola Twilly and Jeff Mayno, the authors of a forthcoming book on quarantine. The story they tell doesn't start in March of last year, though. Instead,

it's a wild romp through time and space, a kind of travelogue that details how infectious

diseases have shaped our cities and societies. And we'll hear from you about how the pandemic

has remade your understanding of

your home in our region. That's ahead on forum right after this news.

From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madruh, filling in this week as your guest host.

Years ago when writers and partners Jeff Maynow and Nicola Twilly began work on their forthcoming book,

until proven safe, the history and future of quarantine, it certainly seemed like an esoteric topic to me, at best a history of another era, perhaps, you know, the 19th century

in medieval times. And the word itself seemed like it would have been in a cluster with concepts

like alchemy or miasma. But now physical separation in service of public health is something that we've all learned to live with and through.

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