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A thorough review of the multitude of profound harms that Covid wrought by one of the world's top reporters. Jason Gale makes a clear case to fix what was broken at the pandemic's start, lest we again find our lives imperiled and the world up-ended by the deadly pathogen.
Jason is a topflight health and science journalist who followed the course of the pandemic every step of the way. He interviewed many of the world's important Covid scientists and healthcare workers on the front lines. After Covid documents the key events of the pandemic; it will become an enduring chronicle for future students of pandemics and pandemic threats.
A must-read book for anyone interested in pandemics, politics or people. Gale is a superb story writer who has managed, by careful analysis, to disentangle who did what and when. He explores the interaction between governments, scientists and media making this a compelling read.
The fabulous and seasoned science journalist Jason Gale traces how effective mitigation efforts, medical treatments, and vaccines got entangled in politics, and how the spread of misinformation and distrust of expertise cost many lives. Hard to put down, this book reminds us of the facts of the Covid-19 crisis and the dramatic broader consequences it had for society, for democracy.
Jason Gale has written a clear account of Covid pandemic aftershocks created by the early use of blunt tools such as lockdown and provides a practical agenda to repair their damage by blending observations from his frontline reporting with post-pandemic knowledge. It deserves to be read by anyone who may be responsible for the next pandemic response including leaders in public health and politics.
This remarkable book captures the lived experience of the Covid-19 pandemic through the voices of those who had to face it head-on—scientific researchers, clinicians, patients, and public health officials. It examines the pandemic's enduring physical aftermath, from Long Covid, rising rates of diabetes and other medical problems, to the corrosive effects of misinformation that eroded social cohesion. History is always changing, so this book is an invaluable record of how it really was, as well as a call to do better—because there will be another pandemic.
Gale recounts how Covid ripped through countries, killed millions, sickened millions more. He also portrays the amazing scientific discoveries that helped to stop the dying. In a time of harmful misinformation, this book pays tribute to that incredible science that brought us masks, diagnostics, medicines, and mRNA vaccines that saved extraordinary numbers of lives.
Jason Gale presents a meticulously researched and scientifically grounded account of the Covid-19 pandemic—the defining global health crisis of the 21st century. Tracing the virus from its emergence to the development of vaccines and therapeutics, Gale synthesizes cutting-edge research, public health policy, and virology to offer a comprehensive understanding of how the pandemic unfolded and its cascading impact. This insightful volume equips both experts and non-expert readers with the context and clarity needed to grasp the complexities of SARS-CoV-2 and the global response it provoked.
Jason Gale delivers an evidence-based chronicle of the Covid-19 pandemic, from the initial viral hunt to the devastating forever pandemic. His work masterfully illuminates the multisystem cluster bomb of Long Covid, tearing back the veil on the invisible scars and chronic illnesses that continue to torment countless lives today.
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Pages
384
ISBN
9781421454245
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Warning Signs
2. A Modern-Day Outbreak
3. Virus Hunt
4. Viral Explosion
5. Locking Down
6. A Tale of Two Towns
7. 'Walking Pneumonia'
8. 'Floating
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Warning Signs
2. A Modern-Day Outbreak
3. Virus Hunt
4. Viral Explosion
5. Locking Down
6. A Tale of Two Towns
7. 'Walking Pneumonia'
8. 'Floating Petri Dishes'
9. Not the Pandemic America Prepared For
10. A Harbinger of Tragedy
11. Ignoring the Tsunami
12. The Great Shutdown
13. Confronting Covid
14. Surviving Critical Covid Illness
15. Covid Babies
16. Birth of a Patient-led Movement
17. Lingering Effects
18. Multisystem Cluster Bomb
19. 'Covid Brain'
20. Broken Hearts
21. Invisible Scars
22. Learning Loss
23. Healthcare Upended
24. Frontline Fallout
25. The Forever Pandemic
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