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“The best American science and nature writing 2019”by Greenberg, Gary; Goldfarb, Ben; Mead, Rebecca; Brannen, Peter; Green, Jaime; Yong, Ed; Montgomery, Sy; Jarvis, Brooke; McKibben, Bill; Holland, Eva; Villarosa, Linda; Boyle, Rebecca. Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying… This is one of the cartridges that the Library of Congress sent to me once the Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. I enjoyed many of these essays and some I fast forwarded through. One of the essays that interested me the most was the one about the medical charts that are put on line so that all the medical staff in the particular medical facility and its affiliates can access your records. EPIC is the one that my medical facility uses and, I must admit, I don’t like thinking that any accomplished hacker could gain access to my medical records. Imagine if there is a universal medical record. While it would facilitate better, more efficient, health care, who would be allowed to access the records? From NLS/BARD/LOC: The best American science and nature writing 2019 DB97195 Greenberg, Gary; Goldfarb, Ben; Mead, Rebecca; Brannen, Peter; Green, Jaime; Yong, Ed; Montgomery, Sy; Jarvis, Brooke; McKibben, Bill; Holland, Eva; Villarosa, Linda; Boyle, Rebecca. Reading time: 17 hours, 38 minutes. Read by Kerry Dukin. Science and Technology Twenty-six previously published essays on topics in the areas of science and nature. In “When the Next Plague Hits,” Ed Yong–author of I Contain Multitudes (DB 85943)–discusses the structural impacts of cyclical pandemics and the ways societies generationally forget about those impacts until the next pandemic. 2019.