The contagion next time / Sandro Galea

A better and healthier time to be alive than ever -- An unhealthy country -- An unhealthy world -- Who we are, the foundational forces -- Where we live, work, and play -- Politics, power, and money -- Compassion -- Social, racial, and economic justice -- Health as a public good -- Understanding what matters most -- Working in complexity and doubt -- Humility and informing the public conversation.

"It began with a bat. This was the species in which the virus first emerged before infecting humans. A member of the coronavirus family of diseases, the symptoms of the virus included high fever, dry cough, body aches, diarrhea, and pneumonia. It spread primarily through respiratory droplets emitted when an infected person coughed or sneezed. This made it important to minimize person-to-person contact and observe social distancing in public spaces where the virus could be transmitted. Once the world became aware of the disease, it mobilized to stop it. These efforts were successful. Quarantine measures, quickly adopted, substantially slowed the spread of the disease. Within months of the detection of the virus in humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak contained. A total of 8,098 people were infected during the outbreak, and 774 died.".

Medienart:

Buch

Erscheinungsjahr:

[2022]

Erschienen:

New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press ; 2022

Weitere Ausgaben:

Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe: Contagion next time

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Galea, Sandro, 1971- [VerfasserIn]

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

978-0-19-757642-7

Nlm:

WA 300 AA1

Themen:

COVID-19
Delivery of Health Care
Global Health
Health Status Disparities
Pandemics
Social Determinants of Health
Socioeconomic Factors
United States

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:

xx, 272 Seiten ; Illustrationen

doi:

10.1093/oso/9780197576427.001.0001

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1767219156