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Virus: Vaccinations, the CDC, and the Hijacking of America's Response to the Pandemic takes readers on an extraordinary journey from the medical science of viruses and vaccines, to conspiracy theories, through the history of knowledge, to the precipice-where we are now-of uncertainty about the future. This is not a book for those who think they already know how the story ends, but one that asks the tough questions in terse, hard-hitting paragraphs...
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Are you working from home? How's that going for you?
Whether you're one of the millions of workers sent home when the pandemic struck, or you made the move from cubicle to kitchen table for other reasons, you've probably discovered the truth: Working from home (WFH) is tough.
At home, distractions and challenges reign supreme. Hurdles range from navigating new technology, to dealing with your five-year-old's full-blown tantrum during a Zoom...
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The economic and social impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been dramatic, and transport has played a central role in its spread. The transport sector has also enabled essential workers to get to work during the pandemic and will support the needs of the population throughout the different stages of recovery. This guidance note presents (i) the impacts of the pandemic on social and travel behaviors in Asia and the Pacific, and how the...
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"During my first post-lockdown massage, I willingly engaged in the requisite chit chat about lockdown experiences with my therapist. He gushed behind his mask: 'Oh man. It was so great. Every day I woke up, drank coffee, read, rode my bike...'
My therapist's description did sound pretty great. But it was nothing like my own anxiety-ridden ordeal...
Had I done the lockdown wrong?"
In Next Time There's a Pandemic, artist Vivek Shraya reflects on how...
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For as long as humans have lived on this earth, nature has done its very best to rid the planet of us. This book not only looks back at a number of times in recorded history where the future of our very existence was put in jeopardy, but also asks whether we could survive a resurgence of these pandemics… or even an entirely new as-yet undetected threat. From the plague of Justinian, through the Black Death and Spanish flu, to the 2015/16 Zika outbreak,...
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Somalia's Mother Teresa chose love over fear.
Amid a volatile mix of disease, war, and religious fundamentalism in the Horn of Africa, what difference could one woman make? Annalena Tonelli left behind career, family, and homeland anyway, moving to a remote Muslim village in northern Kenya to live among its outcasts – desert nomads dying of tuberculosis, history's deadliest disease.
"I am nobody," she always insisted. Yet by the time she was killed...
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As the Ebola epidemic becomes more frightening-and hits closer to home-people are looking for answers. How does it spread? Are we at risk? How do we protect ourselves and our families from this deadly disease? In this necessary new book, Dr. Joseph Alton, an MD who is at the forefront of crisis medicine, explains the virus, how it spreads, how to prevent infection, and what the right treatment protocol is if the virus is contracted. He explains in...
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As the Zika virus continues to spread throughout North America, people need answers. What are the origins of this virus? How does it spread? Should we be concerned? How can we stop the spread of infected mosquitos? With the increasing prevalence of Zika, concrete answers are needed now more than ever - The Zika Prevention Handbook serves as the best reference for readers to stay informed about side-effects and symptoms, and to minimize your chance...
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Pandemics cannot be eliminated, but they can be stopped; the trick is discovering what will curtail any one particular outbreak. Renowned environmentalist and science writer Albert Bates presents an easy-to-understand scientific overview of the global consequences of pandemics and offers a fresh perspective on how we can coexist with them, individually and collectively. Bates recounts the history of deadly pandemics and provides a basic explanation...
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A fitness trainer and former pro athlete with a successful New York City business comes face to face with death when the coronavirus attacks his strong, healthy body and challenges him-not only physically, but mentally and spiritually as well. Dan Venezia thought he had the personal strength within himself to overcome anything that life might throw at him. But on Palm Sunday, 2020, he found himself in a New Jersey hospital struggling to breathe, fighting...
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Humanity suffers from crises and disasters constantly. But, the breadth of the latest crisis-the Covid-19 pandemic-has affected almost all corners of the world and has caused millions of deaths and so many more victims who have survived its worst effects but may still suffer long-lasting health issues from it. Those "lucky" enough to have suffered only mild cases or managed to avoid infection altogether are still victims because of social and economic...
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In 1849, a steamship named after President James Monroe headed from St. Louis to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The passengers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Philadelphia. At St. Louis, they were joined with a group of California gold diggers from Jeffersonville, Indiana. But their trip was interrupted when cholera broke out on board. Local fourteen-year-old James McHenry discovered the steamship after it landed at Jefferson...
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The dramatic story of the married scientists who founded BioNTech and developed the first vaccine against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was, built upon almost thirty...
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is significantly impacting the development and life cycle of public—private partnership (PPP) projects in Asia and the Pacific. This has led to disruptions in trade, production, and supply chains as well as sharp declines in consumption and investment. This guidance note examines the impacts of COVID-19 on PPP projects in region including the implications for contractual arrangements. It presents governance practices...
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L'épidémie, maladie sociale aux effets brusques et amples, est une grande réalité historique, longtemps aussi méconnue des historiens que redoutée des contemporains. Histoire des épidémies, mais aussi épidémies de l'histoire: les maladies n'apparaissent-elles pas avec leur vie indépendante...
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As COVID-19 swept across the globe with merciless force, it was working people who kept the world from falling apart. Deemed "essential" by a system that has shown just how much it needs our labor but has no concern for our lives, workers sacrificed-and many were sacrificed-to keep us fed, to keep our shelves stocked, to keep our hospitals and transit running, to care for our loved ones, and so much more. But when we look back at this particular moment,...
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Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans-called zoonoses-including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history, and how we can keep them at bay.
Almost all pandemics and epidemics have been caused by diseases that come to us from animals, including SARS, mad cow disease, and-now-Covid-19. Epidemiologist, veterinarian, and ecosystem...
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We have never seen anything quite like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the 21st century. God brought His world to a standstill. He interrupted business as usual. He has changed life, as we know it. COVID-19 turned the world upside down. Contrary to beliefs, man doesn't rule the world; the One who created it does. When we reject God and become, lifted up in pride, God knows how to bring us down to size. He knows how to put us back in our...
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