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Author: Peter Baldwin Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009006282 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 395
Book Description
COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available - how firmly could the authorities order citizens' lives and how willingly would they be obeyed? In Asia, nations quarantined the infected and their contacts. In the Americas and Europe they shut down their economies, hoping to squelch the virus's spread. Others, above all Sweden, responded with a light touch, putting their faith in social consensus over coercion. Whether citizens would follow their leaders' requests and how soon they would tire of their demands were crucial to hopes of taming the pandemic.
Author: Peter Baldwin Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009006282 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 395
Book Description
COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available - how firmly could the authorities order citizens' lives and how willingly would they be obeyed? In Asia, nations quarantined the infected and their contacts. In the Americas and Europe they shut down their economies, hoping to squelch the virus's spread. Others, above all Sweden, responded with a light touch, putting their faith in social consensus over coercion. Whether citizens would follow their leaders' requests and how soon they would tire of their demands were crucial to hopes of taming the pandemic.
Author: Manal Mohammad Baddour Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 1839682167 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 460
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During the past two years, the world has been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had many negative effects on people’s quality of life, physical health, and mental health. Nobody is oblivious to the general information related to the virus or the deleterious health effects it has been linked to, yet there is a lot more to it than the general knowledge. In this book, we shed light on the virus itself and its properties, epidemiology, immune response, various clinical scenarios and consequences, and diagnostic and management dilemmas. Finally, we discuss COVID vaccines and the related myths and misinformation that have led to vaccine hesitancy and mistrust.
Author: Ben Martynoga Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 1788452119 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 152
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Join science expert Dr Ben Martynoga and illustrator extraordinaire Moose Allain on a fascinating, sometimes funny, and occasionally scary journey through the world of viruses.Explore the science behind viruses and the COVID-19 pandemic in a fascinating story of hijacked human cells and our own internal emergency services.Along the way, you'll learn what viruses are, how they work, and how we can overcome - or at least learn to live alongside - those that do us harm.
Author: Li Liu Publisher: Global Century Press ISBN: 9781910334911 Category : Languages : en Pages : 242
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About the book This book consists of stories about what the foreigners living in China saw during the epidemic. In the book, the authors describe the situation of the epidemic and the dedication of the government and front-line medical personnel from their perspectives. They expressed the thoughts of shared human future with simplest and warmest words. This book aims to show the public an objective and true situation of China's fight against COVID-19. This book is published jointly by Global Century Press (GCP) and Jiangxi Education Publishing House (JXEPH) in 2020. Founded in 1985, JXEPH is one of China's leading education publishing houses. JXEPH is familiar to millions through a diverse publishing program that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, school and college textbooks, workbooks, materials for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, dictionaries and reference books, literary works, children's books and periodicals. Founded in 2014, GCP is a UK-based publisher dedicated to publishing academic and popular books in the social sciences and the humanities bilingually in a global context.
Author: Chauncey W. Crandall Publisher: Humanix Books ISBN: 1630061700 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 134
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“FIGHT BACK by Chauncey Crandall M.D. You want to get a copy of it.” — Pat Robertson, 700 Club FIGHT BACK! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CORONAVIRUS NOW! UNDERSTAND THE DISEASE AND KNOW THE SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR! HOW TO PREVENT INFECTION! WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET SICK! TREAMENTS AND FINDING A CURE! FIGHT BACK: Beat the Coronavirus separates fact from hype and offers practical, proven strategies and hope for conquering the COVID-19 pandemic. World renowned physician and author Dr. Chauncey Crandall outlines the latest health information on how to protect yourself, family, friends and community from Coronavirus, how to stop the spread of infection, and what to do if you are infected. Dr Crandall is known as “The Praying Doctor,” because, along with medicine, he dispenses prayer and his faith in God; he has been heralded for his values and message of hope to all his patients. Co-authored by Charlotte Libov, an award-winning health book author, pioneer in the field of patient advocacy and health reporter with expertise in pandemic outbreaks, FIGHT BACK: Beat the Coronavirus also provides information on potential treatments, vaccines, and cures. LEARN HOW TO BEAT THE CORONAVIRUS: PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS & YOUR COMMUNITY!
Author: C.J. Peters Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 0385485581 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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A New York Times Notable Book The man who led the battle against Ebola in The Hot Zone teams up with the bestselling co-author of Mind Hunter to chronicle his extraordinary thirty-year career fighting deadly viruses. For three decades, Dr. C. J. Peters was on the front lines of our biological battle against “hot” viruses around the world. In the course of that career, he learned countless lessons about our interspecies turf wars with infectious agents. Called in to contain an outbreak of deadly hemorrhagic fever in Bolivia, he confronted the despair of trying to save a colleague who accidentally infected himself with an errant scalpel. Working in Level 4 labs on the Machupo and Ebola viruses, he saw time and again why expensive high-tech biohazard containment equipment is only as safe as the people who use it. Because of new, emerging viruses, and the return of old, “vanquished” ones for which vaccines do not exist, there remains a very real danger of a new epidemic that could, without proper surveillance and early intervention, spread worldwide virtually overnight. And the possibility of foreign countries or terrorist groups using deadly airborne viruses—the poor man’s nuclear arsenal—looms larger than ever. High-octane science writing at its best and most revealing, Virus Hunter is a thrilling first-person account of what it is like to be a warrior in the Hot Zone.
Author: Meera Senthilingam Publisher: Icon Books ISBN: 1785785648 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 130
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'A book that couldn't be more timely, providing an accessible introduction to epidemiology.' Kirkus A compelling and disquieting journey through the history and science of epidemics. For centuries mankind has waged war against the infections that, left untreated, would have the power to wipe out communities, or even entire populations. Yet for all our advanced scientific knowledge, only one human disease - smallpox - has ever been eradicated globally. In recent years, outbreaks of Ebola and Zika have provided vivid examples of how difficult it is to contain an infection once it strikes, and the panic that a rapidly spreading epidemic can ignite. But while we chase the diseases we are already aware of, new ones are constantly emerging, like the coronavirus that spread across the world in 2020. At the same time, antimicrobial resistance is harnessing infections that we once knew how to control, enabling them to thrive once more. Meera Senthilingam presents a timely look at humanity's ongoing battle against infection, examining the successes and failures of the past, along with how we are confronting the challenges of today, and our chances of eradicating disease in the future.
Author: Carl Zimmer Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022632026X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 133
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For years, scientists have been warning us that a pandemic was all but inevitable. Now it's here, and the rest of us have a lot to learn. Fortunately, science writer Carl Zimmer is here to guide us. In this compact volume, he tells the story of how the smallest living things known to science can bring an entire planet of people to a halt--and what we can learn from how we've defeated them in the past. Planet of Viruses covers such threats as Ebola, MERS, and chikungunya virus; tells about recent scientific discoveries, such as a hundred-million-year-old virus that infected the common ancestor of armadillos, elephants, and humans; and shares new findings that show why climate change may lead to even deadlier outbreaks. Zimmer’s lucid explanations and fascinating stories demonstrate how deeply humans and viruses are intertwined. Viruses helped give rise to the first life-forms, are responsible for many of our most devastating diseases, and will continue to control our fate for centuries. Thoroughly readable, and, for all its honesty about the threats, as reassuring as it is frightening, A Planet of Viruses is a fascinating tour of a world we all need to better understand.
Author: Peter Baldwin
Author: Peter Baldwin
Author: Manal Mohammad Baddour
Author: Ben Martynoga
Author: Li Liu
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Author: Chauncey W. Crandall
Author: C.J. Peters
Author: Meera Senthilingam
Author: Kenny K. Low
Author: Carl Zimmer