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Patrick William
The Next Pandemic On The Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
The Next Pandemic On The Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
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Description: An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases - - and the panic and corruption that make them worse. Throughout history humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death the Spanish Flu and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time but when a new threat - - Ebola SARS Zika coronavirus - - seems imminent we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan. In his long career as a public health first responder - - protected by a thin mask from infected patients napping under nets to keep out scorpions making life - and - death decisions on limited suspect information - - Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem but outbreaks are often caused by people. We make mistakes politicize emergencies and too often fail to imagine the consequences of our actions. The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax bird flu and others - - and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.
Title: The Next Pandemic On The Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
Author(s): Patrick William
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781541768642
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 9/22/2020
Category: Infectious & Contagious Diseases
Description: An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases - - and the panic and corruption that make them worse. Throughout history humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death the Spanish Flu and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time but when a new threat - - Ebola SARS Zika coronavirus - - seems imminent we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan. In his long career as a public health first responder - - protected by a thin mask from infected patients napping under nets to keep out scorpions making life - and - death decisions on limited suspect information - - Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem but outbreaks are often caused by people. We make mistakes politicize emergencies and too often fail to imagine the consequences of our actions. The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax bird flu and others - - and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.
Title: The Next Pandemic On The Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
Author(s): Patrick William
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781541768642
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 9/22/2020
Category: Infectious & Contagious Diseases