The Prompts: They often say art imitates reality…. I feel that Jessica (the author) had a good handle on what would happen during a major respiratory pandemic. Her experience working at the CDC as an epidemiologist and dealing with governmental bureaucracy gave her insight in how she thought things might play out if the USA was hit with a major respiratory pandemic. After reading October Birds, I want your original post to include the following: 1) How closely did what happened in the fictional Texas town that this story is based in during the pandemic in October Birds mirror what happened in our reality with COVID-19? What were the similarities? What were the differences? What lessons could we have taken from reading this book before our actual pandemic? Do you think we have learned from COVID-19 how to best deal with the next pandemic that pops up? Why or why not? 2) Was there character or situation in the book that stands out to you most? Why? What was it that you liked/didn’t like/found interesting/found surprising/found relatable about that character or situation? 3) What epidemiological and emerging disease properties did you note within the story? How does this reflect real-life situations?
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