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English
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"For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted there was nothing to worry about. Fortunately, we are still a nation of skeptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the wall of ignorance that was the official response...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 653 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2014 a devastating virus spread through West Africa, prompting fear and panic around the world. The Ebola crisis resulted in loss of life and economic disruption on a grand scale-- and yet this outcome was by no means inevitable. Farmer experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand, and here he offers the first substantive, on-the-ground account of this fast-moving medical catastrophe. He shows how old-school racism and colonialism have morphed into...
Author
Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
COVID-19 took everyone in the world by surprise. I mean, what exactly is it? How does it spread? What is a virus and are there others out there that we don't know about? Paul Ian Cross answers these questions, and more in this illustrated book filled with facts about what we know and don't know.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 370 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The urgency of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has fixed humanity's gaze on the present crisis. But the story of this pandemic extends far further back than many realize. In this engrossing narrative, epidemiologist Dan Werb traces the rising threat of the coronavirus family and the attempts by a small group of scientists who worked for decades to stop a looming viral pandemic. When virologist Ralph Baric began researching coronaviruses in the...
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press/Graphic Mundi
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 281 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of short comics about the COVID-19 pandemic. Diverse artists address disruptions in work, school, and family life as well as failures in public policy, racial biases, and systemic inequalities revealed by the pandemic"--
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