Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xxi, 279 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
In a gripping, accessible narrative, a veteran science journalist lays out the shocking story of how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic happened and how to make sure this never happens again. |
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. |
Subject(S) |
COVID-19 (Disease)
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Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
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Epidemics -- Prevention.
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Added Title |
COVID nineteen |
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Corona virus disease 19 : the pandemic that never should have happened and how to stop the next one |
ISBN |
9780306924248 (hardcover) |
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