Stopping the next pandemic : how COVID-19 can help us save humanity / Debora Mackenzie

By:

Mackenzie, Debora

Language: eng Publication details: New York : Hachette Books, 2021Description: xxix, 353 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9780306924224
0306924226

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LOC classification:

HM 1101 M156s 2021

Contents:

A note on the virus Could we have stopped this whole thing at the start? What are these emerging diseases, and why are they emerging? SARS, MERS you can't say we weren't warned Don't blame the bats Wasn't the pandemic supposed to be flu? So what do we do about disease? Things fall apart The pandemic that never should have happened and how to stop the next one

Summary: Over the last 30 years we learned nearly every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks-- and we heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. MacKenzie lays out the full story of the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the shocking public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the outbreak, and most importantly, what we must do to prevent future pandemics. -- adapted from jacket

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HM 1101 M156s 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000162940

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A note on the virus
Could we have stopped this whole thing at the start?
What are these emerging diseases, and why are they emerging?
SARS, MERS
you can't say we weren't warned
Don't blame the bats
Wasn't the pandemic supposed to be flu?
So what do we do about disease?
Things fall apart
The pandemic that never should have happened
and how to stop the next one

Over the last 30 years we learned nearly every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks-- and we heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. MacKenzie lays out the full story of the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the shocking public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the outbreak, and most importantly, what we must do to prevent future pandemics. -- adapted from jacket

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