The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What's Gone Wrong and How To Stop It Happening Again b

Description: The COVID-19 Catastrophe by Richard Horton This expanded, updated, and completely revised edition of The COVID-19 Catastrophe is the authoritative guide to a global health crisis that has consumed the world. Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal The Lancet, scrutinises the actions taken by governments as they sought to contain the novel coronavirus. He shows that indecision and disregard for scientific evidence has led many political leaders to preside over hundreds of thousands of needless deaths and the worst global economic crisis for three centuries. This new edition provides a systematic discussion of the pandemics course, national responses, more transmissible mutant variants of the virus, and the launch of the worlds largest ever vaccination programme. Only now are we beginning to understand the full scale of the COVID-19 crisis. We need to learn the lessons of this pandemic, and we need to learn them fast, because the next pandemic may arrive sooner than we think. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet. Table of Contents Preface to the Second Edition Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Notes 1 From Wuhan to the World Notes 2 Why Were We Not Prepared? Notes 3 Science: The Paradox of Success and Failure Notes 4 First Lines of Defence Notes 5 The Politics of COVID-19 Notes 6 The Risk Society Revisited Notes 7 Towards the Next Pandemic Notes Epilogue Notes Review This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of EdinburghThe Editor of The Lancet pulls no punches. The pandemic has shattered our belief in Western exceptionalism and exposed the harsh underbelly of global inequality. A must-read.Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College London Praise for the first edition:"Devastating An incredibly powerful read."Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain"Vital and up to the minute."Nature "A polemic of the first order."The Guardian "a well-reasoned roar of rage at the failure of many western governments to follow the emerging scientific evidence about the pandemic potential of the novel coronavirus." The Financial Times "uncompromisingly scathing." Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century "Blistering but forensically detailed." Medical Republic Selected as one of the Best Science Books of 2020 by the Financial Times Review Text This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best. Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh The Editor of The Lancet pulls no punches. The pandemic has shattered our belief in Western exceptionalism and exposed the harsh underbelly of global inequality. A must-read. Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College London Praise for the first edition: "Devastating An incredibly powerful read." Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain "Vital and up to the minute." Nature "A polemic of the first order." The Guardian "a well-reasoned roar of rage at the failure of many western governments to follow the emerging scientific evidence about the pandemic potential of the novel coronavirus." The Financial Times "uncompromisingly scathing." Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century "Blistering but forensically detailed." Medical Republic Selected as one of the Best Science Books of 2020 by the Financial Times Details ISBN1509549102 Pages 180 Year 2021 ISBN-10 1509549102 ISBN-13 9781509549108 Short Title The COVID-19 Catastrophe Language English Edition 2nd Format Paperback DEWEY 614.592414 Publication Date 2021-01-29 UK Release Date 2021-01-29 Imprint Polity Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-01-29 Author Richard Horton Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Edition Description 2nd edition Subtitle Whats Gone Wrong and How To Stop It Happening Again Replaces 9781509546466 Alternative 9781509549092 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-01-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131761285;

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