03066cam a22005657i 4500 21897237 BJBSDDR 20231124110347.0 ta 210208s2021 nyu e b 001 0 eng d 2021932374 9780593320723 (hardcover) 0593320727 (hardcover) (OCoLC)on1252719037 NjBwBT eng BJBSDDR rda CG4 OCLCQ OCLCO OI6 TCH CGB IMT DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- HM 1101 W951p 2021 614.5/92414 Wright, Lawrence, 1947- 33112 The plague year : America in the time of COVID / Lawrence Wright. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 322 pages ; 25 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Book tlcgt General tlctarget "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-304) and index. Prologue -- "It's going to be just fine" -- The trickster -- Spike -- "An evolving situation" -- "Flatten the curve" -- "It's coming to you" -- "Nothing can stop what's coming" -- The doom loop -- "Let it be March" -- "It's like the wind" -- Bellevue -- The no plan plan -- Little Africa -- The mission of Wall Street -- The man without a mask -- Waves -- I can't breathe -- Tulsa -- Thelma and Louise -- The hedgehog and the fox -- Dark shadows -- The Rose Garden cluster -- The search for patient zero -- Survivors -- Surrender -- Epilogue. Beginning with the absolutely critical first moments of the outbreak in China, and ending with an epilogue on the vaccine rollout and the unprecedented events between the election of Joseph Biden and his inauguration, Lawrence Wright's The Plague Year surges forward with essential information--and fascinating historical parallels--examining the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 (Disease) United States. COVID-19 20239 COVID-19 (Enfermedad) Estados Unidos 19958 COVID-19 (Disease) Social aspects United States. COVID-19 Aspectos sociales Estados Unidos 17199 COVID-19 (Disease) Political aspects United States. COVID-19 Aspectos políticos y sociales Estados Unidos 19959 COVID-19 (Disease) Economic aspects United States. COVID-19 Aspectos económicos 21052 Political science. Political Science / American Government - National. 7 cbc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK fba 120315 120315 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-11-20 0 HM 1101 W951p 2021 00000175402 2023-11-20 00:00:00 1 2023-11-20 BK