The Next Pandemic : On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1541768647
ISBN-13
9781541768642
Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 24th, 2020
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
246 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 20.80 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Autobiography: science, technology & medicineInfectious & contagious diseases
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A former director at the CDC takes us behind quarantine lines and inside the fight to contain Ebola, SARS, anthrax, and the most important threat facing humankind: the next deadly pandemic.
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.
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