Unpacks the mysteries of COVID19s origins to impart important lessons for future outbreaks.Unpacking the mysteries of COVID19s origins to impart important lessons for future outbreaks.In this timely book leading public health expert Laura H. Kahn uses the comprehensive One Health approach to investigate the COVID19 pandemic. The concept of One Health recognizes the interconnected links among the health of humans animals plants and the environment. By comparing the history science and clinical presentations of three different coronavirusesSARSCoV1 MERS and SARSCoV2 COVID19Kahn uncovers insights with important repercussions for how to prepare for and avoid future pandemics. The One Health approach is a useful framework for examining the outbreak of COVID19. Understanding the origins of this zoonotic disease requires examining the environmental and molecular biological factors that allowed the virus to spread to humans. Kahn investigates the many ways in which the wild animal trade wet markets and the camel industry contributed to the spread of earlier coronaviruses such as SARSCoV1 and MERS. The book also explores the biosafety biosecurity and bioethics implications of gainoffunction research on pandemic potential pathogens. This important book is a mustread to understand the history science and geopolitics of the COVID19 pandemic.