The Next Pandemic The Next Pandemic

The Next Pandemic

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Publisher Description

An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse.
Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus -- seems imminent, we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan.
In his long career as a public health first responder -- protected by a thin mask from infected patients, napping under nets to keep out scorpions, making life-and-death decisions on limited, suspect information -- Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem, but outbreaks are often caused by people. We make mistakes, politicize emergencies, and, too often, fail to imagine the consequences of our actions.
The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax, bird flu, and others -- and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
BS
Ben Sullivan
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
08:54
hr min
RELEASED
2017
January 17
PUBLISHER
Hachette Audio
SIZE
449.8
MB

Customer Reviews

SailorSean ,

Outstanding

As a public health professional I’m deeply invested in the topics covered in this book. Having read it once before, the experience of listening only made it better. The irony of the book is more than overwhelming considering our current predicament. I simply can’t recommend giving this book a listen more.

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