The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250117771 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This not-yet-detected germ has the potential to wipe out millions of lives over a matter of weeks or months. A leading doctor offers answers on the one of the most urgent questions of our time: How do we prevent the next global pandemic?The 2014 Ebola epidemic in Liberia terrified the worldand revealed how unprepared we are for the next outbreak of an infectious disease. That risk makes the threat posed by ISIS, a ground war, a massive climate event, or even the dropping of a nuclear bomb on a major city pale in comparison. Somewhere in nature, a killer virus is boiling up in the bloodstream of a bird, bat, monkey, or pig, preparing to jump to a human being. In The End of Epidemics, Harvard Medical School faculty member a
He lives in Massachusetts.BRONWYN FRYER is a collaborative writer and former senior editor of the Harvard Business Review. He is an instructor of medicine at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chair of the Global Health Council. He has conducted research on infectious disease in more than seventy countries. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont.. About the AuthorDR. JONATHAN QUICK is Senior Fellow at Management Sciences for Health in Boston
JONATHAN QUICK is Senior Fellow at Management Sciences for Health in Boston. He is an instructor of medicine at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chair of the Global Health Council. He has conducted research on infectious disease in more than seventy countries. DR. He lives in Massachusetts.BRONWYN FRYER is a collaborative writer and former senior editor of the Harvard Business Review. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont.