| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages). |
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At issue |
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Gale eBooks
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At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The COVID-19 pandemic required an integrated national response / Brian J. Gerber and Melanie Gall -- 2. Defining outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics / Arinjay Banerjee -- 3. The black death of 1665 devastated England, but it started in China / Ben Johnson -- 4. As civilization spread, so did smallpox / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- 5. Flu vaccines may protect only 60 percent of people who receive it / Wayne C. Koff, Peter C. Doherty, and Margaret A. Hamburg -- 6. The COVID-19 pandemic was politicized at the expense of science / Laura K. Field -- 7. Medical professional must unite against anti-vaccination movement / Azhar Hussain, Syed Ali, Madiha Ahmed, and Sheharyar Hussain -- 8. Past pandemics led to the first international disease control efforts / Anne-Emanuelle Birn -- 9. The connection between slavery and the first yellow fever pandemic / Billy G. Smith -- 10. Fear motivated a useless flu immunization campaign in 1976 / Joan Trossman Bien -- 11. How to lie with statistics : the case of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa / Ernest Harsch -- 12. Animal health affects human health : the case of ebola / Arinjay Banerjee, Colin Brown, and Grant-Hill-Cawthorne -- 13. Outbreaks among the poor go unnoticed and unreported / Ben Oppenheim and Gavin Yamey -- 14. Better tools and systems are needed for pandemic preparedness / Bill Gates -- 15. Lessons from the ebola outbreak : preparation and surveillance are essential / Viroj Wiwanitkit, Ernest Tambo, Emmanuel Chidiebere Ugwu, Jeane Yonkeu Ngogang, and Xiao-Nong Zhou -- 16. COVID-19 vaccine development occurred with astonishing speed / David Pride -- 17. Total vaccination coverage needs to be the goal / Marcel Salathé. |
| Summary |
This book weighs in on how pandemics happen and evaluates the potential means of controlling them. |
| Subject |
Epidemics -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Krasner, Barbara, editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: COVID-19 and other pandemics. New York : Greenhaven Publishing, 2022 9781534507302 (DLC) 2019056537 |
| ISBN |
9781534507319 (electronic book) |
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9781534507302 (library binding) |
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9781534507296 (paperback) |
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