You've touched more bacteria today than you'll ever know. Most of it won't hurt you. Some of it might. And a handful of the organisms in this book have genuinely changed the course of human history.
I wrote this book after nearly three decades in Environmental Services and healthcare, tired of watching people land in one of two camps: totally dismissive about microbes, or flat-out terrified of them. The truth is more interesting than either reaction, and a lot more useful too.
What's actually in it
- 67 bacteria, viruses, and fungi, the ones that actually show up in hospitals, in homes, in headlines, and in your body right now
- Plain language, no jargon for the sake of jargon, just what each one is, what it does, how it's treated, and how to actually control it in your environment
- Straight answers to the questions people actually have: what that pink film in your shower is, why hospitals fear C. diff, what norovirus is really doing to you, why the dog came home from the kennel coughing, what MRSA means and who's actually at risk
Written for the housekeeper who wants to know what she's actually fighting, the parent up at 2am googling symptoms, and everyone in between who's ever wondered what's really going on at the microscopic level.