Download or read book Uncontrolled Spread written by Scott Gottlieb and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Uncontrolled Spread is everything you’d hope: a smart and insightful account of what happened and, currently, the best guide to what needs to be done to avoid a future pandemic." —Wall Street Journal “Informative and well paced.”—The Guardian “An intense ride through the pandemic with chilling details of what really happened. It is also sprinkled with notes of true wisdom that may help all of us better prepare for the future.”—Sanjay Gupta, MD, chief medical correspondent, CNN Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks: Has America’s COVID-19 catastrophe taught us anything? In Uncontrolled Spread, he shows how the coronavirus and its variants were able to trounce America’s pandemic preparations, and he outlines the steps that must be taken to protect against the next outbreak. As the pandemic unfolded, Gottlieb was in regular contact with all the key players in Congress, the Trump administration, and the drug and diagnostic industries. He provides an inside account of how level after level of American government crumbled as the COVID-19 crisis advanced. A system-wide failure across government institutions left the nation blind to the threat, and unable to mount an effective response. We’d prepared for the wrong virus. We failed to identify the contagion early enough and became overly reliant on costly and sometimes divisive tactics that couldn’t fully slow the spread. We never considered asymptomatic transmission and we assumed people would follow public health guidance. Key bureaucracies like the CDC were hidebound and outmatched. Weak political leadership aggravated these woes. We didn’t view a public health disaster as a threat to our national security. Many of the woes sprung from the CDC, which has very little real-time reporting capability to inform us of Covid’s twists and turns or assess our defenses. The agency lacked an operational capacity and mindset to mobilize the kind of national response that was needed. To guard against future pandemic risks, we must remake the CDC and properly equip it to better confront crises. We must also get our intelligence services more engaged in the global public health mission, to gather information and uncover emerging risks before they hit our shores so we can head them off. For this role, our clandestine agencies have tools and capabilities that the CDC lacks. Uncontrolled Spread argues we must fix our systems and prepare for a deadlier coronavirus variant, a flu pandemic, or whatever else nature -- or those wishing us harm -- may threaten us with. Gottlieb outlines policies and investments that are essential to prepare the United States and the world for future threats.

Download or read book written by “共同战‘疫’命运与共：中国与世界携手抗疫纪实”编写组编著 and published by BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 新冠肺炎疫情是对世界各国人民身体健康和生命安全的一个重大威胁，更是对全球公共卫生安全的一次重大挑战。本书从新冠肺炎的全球抗疫情况入手，介绍中国的抗“疫”，更展现世界并肩共同抗“疫”的努力。病毒没有国界，不分种族。任何国家都不能置身其外，独善其身。人类是命运共同体，以邻为壑、以意识形态划界，解不开全球公共卫生危机这道时代难题。本书用图文结合的方式，反映抗疫这一全球公共安全卫生事件，通过深刻的回顾和思考，对人类命运共同体进行深刻的阐释。

Download or read book All Around the World written by Ya'Sha Dagner and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Coronavirus A.K.A (COVID-19) has and is still currently taking the lives of many in unprecedented numbers. This pandemic was a sudden disruption in the lives of children worldwide and adjusting to this new norm was no easy task. "All Around The World" is a warm, heartfelt and beautifully written book for children. Regardless of your age, race, occupation, gender, education, financial status, social hierarchy or internet influence, we're all fighting against the spread of COVID-19. This is a thank you book dedicated to everyone everywhere whether your role in fighting against the Coronavirus is on a small scale or you're on the frontlines we are united as one. All Around The World was written to serve as a teaching tool to help parents and teachers open up a discussion with your children about COVID-19. "What is the Coronavirus?" "What you can do to stay safe and stop the spread?" "How can you help cheer up and give hope to people who are sick or have lost a loved one?" I believe that its vital for children to understand we are all connected and that they are apart of something bigger. It is our job as parents and educators to empower children with truth, equip them with knowledge and expand their scope in the way they view the world. Children need to know that they are essential parts of a grand spectrum. Their contributions and gifts to the world matter and is greatly appreciated. My goal with this book is to answer common questions relating to COVID-19, address any concerns and ease anxiety children may be experiencing as a result of COVID-19. In the words of the famous poet, Maya Angelou "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Tutto Andra Bene!

Download or read book Together We Can Pandemic Set written by Shannon Stocker and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many changes into children's lives. Books in the Together We Can: Pandemic series addresses those changes and gives actionable suggestions to help young readers adapt and cope as we navigate the current outbreak. These books include science content, based on current CDC recommendations, as well as social emotional content to help with personal wellness and development of empathy. All books in the 21st Century Junior Library encourage readers to think critically and creatively, and use their problem-solving skills. Book includes table of contents, sidebars, glossary, index, and author biography.

Download or read book The Corona Warriors written by Shrey Parikh and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Corona Warriors are two courageous brothers who are stuck at home during the global pandemic and quarantine of 2020. Despite feeling sad, lonely, hopeful, and uncertain, the boys learn about the virus that's making the world sick, what causes it, how to protect themselves and others, and a few coping skills and ideas to help make it through lockdown. Through some sweet and informative conversations with his big brother, John, young Cooper discovers that coronavirus can only be defeated if the family follows important safety guidelines and works as a team to keep everyone safe. Together, they are strong enough to battle and win against the COVID-19 pandemic! Warriors unite!

Download or read book Alex and the Monsters Together at Home Coronavirus Days written by Jaume Copons and published by Chouette Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hi! My name is Alex Pianola. Since the coronavirus lockdown began, I’ve been stuck at home with ten monsters and my parents. Gradually, I’ve realized that everyone else is in the same situation and we all I have to learn to do everyday things differently. I am eager to go outside, but thanks to the monsters and my friend Lidia, I’ve learned more about the virus and the whole point of the lockdown. We have to be responsible. We have to support our healthcare system, research and science, but we also need to take care of the planet and of each other, because we are all in the same boat. This special digital edition guide helps young readers learn to live with the coronavirus and play their part in stopping it from spreading. It encourages children to calmly reflect on what they are experiencing and teaches them how to cope with the anxiety that changes in routine can create. The information about COVID-19 is presented in a kid-friendly format and is easy to understand. Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the scientific facts presented, thanks to the input of specialists such as Salvador Macip (doctor, scientist and writer), Toni Hernández (physicist, linguist and teacher) and Elena Rottier (psychologist). Together we will defeat the virus and there will be more Alex and the Monsters adventures! -- Jaume Copons

Download or read book The World Keeps Going and Together We Will Too A Children s Book about the Coronavirus and Other Germs written by Aliyah M. Moore and published by 1114479. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We may have to wear face masks to cover our faces, but that doesn't mean we have to cover our hearts. Let's work together to keep ourselves and others around us healthy." Explore the Essential Steps you can take to stay healthy from bad germs like 'Sergeant Corona' and his soldiers 'The COVIDs.' Some of these Essential Steps include social distancing, washing your hands, and wearing face masks. These simplistic, yet engaging, illustrations will help kids understand: How COVID-19 and other 'bad' germs spread. How they can not only reduce their own risk of getting sick but also reduce the risk for those around them. That they are not alone, and we are all in this together. INCLUDES: Real facts about COVID-19 based on the CDC website. Tips for parents on keeping their kids healthy. Book reviewed and consulted by a Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology Doctor. Consultant: Beth K. Thielen, MD, PhD Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Department of Pediatrics University of Minnesota Medical School. Half of the profits from each book sold will be donated to different nonprofit organizations to fight COVID-19 globally. Some of the organizations will include the University of Minnesota Caregiver Emergency Fund, UNICEF, and Feeding America.

Download or read book Ron and Rona Fight the Corona written by Amit Mizrahi and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Coronavirus? Why is it making parents stay at home all day? Why are schools closed? Why can't we visit our friends and go to the playground?The international outbreak of the Coronavirus has left many young children confused. We hope that "Ron and Rona Fight the Corona" can serve as a resource for parents, allowing them to have an open dialogue about the nature of this pandemic in simple, age-appropriate language. It is our hope that, with a dash of fun and whimsy, our book will help explain the new reality we all face. Our goal is to empower children with knowledge, ease their anxiety, and help them make sense of all that is happening around them.From our families to yours- Stay safe, stay smiling, and stay home!We are all in this together. Together we are strong.

Download or read book Covidslayers written by Mba Mohan, MD and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVIDSLAYERS is a must read for every American and all who have been directly or indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVIDSLAYERS brings to the surface the heroism and professionalism of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare personnel - the only source of inspiration during this pandemic. It depicts how they went above and beyond the call of duty in the face of adversity for their fellow Americans. The book is inspired by stories, events, and people that influence American lives everyday but are lost in the maze and cacophony of the superficial and make-believe. It brings you face-to-face with the stoicism and resilience of healthcare warriors, the courage and brilliance of Americans in white coats and scrubs, and their compassion and sacrifice in the face of anguish and pain which is raw and difficult to ignore. COVIDSLAYERS portrays triumph of good over evil. The book is a story of the war against the COVID-19 pandemic from the frontlines and from war rooms. It is a unique perspective from a practicing physician and a physician leader - and those of his colleagues at various hospitals and medical practices. COVIDSLAYERS provides to the reader a firsthand account from the inside, taking the reader for a thrilling and emotional ride that is sure to challenge the reader's sensibilities. Devoid of excessive medical jargon, the fast pace of this hard to put down quick read is maintained by the author's deft use of simple, yet pointed language to narrate the tale, toll, and trajectory of the pandemic. COVIDSLAYERS takes the reader on an emotional roller-coaster ride that no one would expect from a book on a pandemic or healthcare. This apolitical book also talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses of the U.S. healthcare system. Did the U.S. healthcare system fail its fearless healthcare warriors? Did the healthcare system fail Americans? The book shows how a bloated healthcare administration has incapacitated a healthcare system that has been the envy of the world. The pandemic is raging, especially in the U.S. Will the second surge be worse than the first surge? Will there be a third surge? With more than 240,000 Americans dead in just 9 months of this pandemic, will we allow more American lives to be devoured by this pandemic? Are we going to succumb or surrender or are we going to rise together as Americans and defeat this virus? COVIDSLAYERS provides and explains strategies to contain and defeat this virus - some of them that are tried and proven, some of them are innovative. It makes clear to the reader what needs to be done to prevent the virus from taking over our lives and our livelihoods.

Download or read book The Pandemic Information Gap written by Joshua Gans and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why solving the information problem should be at the core of our pandemic response: essential reading about the long-term implications of our current crisis. COVID-19 is caused by a virus. The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a lack of good information. A pandemic is essentially an information problem: this is the enlightening and provocative idea at the heart of this book. If we solve the information problem, argues economist Joshua Gans, we can defeat the virus. For example, when we don't know who is infected, we have to act as if everyone is infected. If we actively manage the information problem--if we know who is infected and with whom they had contact--we can suppress the virus or buy time for vaccine development. This is an expanded version of an eBook originally published as Economics in the Age of COVID-19.

Download or read book Covid 19 written by Debora Mackenzie and published by Bridge Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Far Apart Together at Heart A Children s Book about COVID 19 and what We Did to Keep One Another Safe written by Kelliann Delegro and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic was a monumental, global event. In many ways, even though threats of the virus kept us physically apart, it brought us closer than ever. We endured a shared, universal experience of being far away from our friends and family and a time that upended every aspect of our lives. Knowing that we will be talking about this pandemic for generations, "Far Apart, Together at Heart" is a way to share with young children what life was like during that time. From children who were very young to the pandemic babies, it will help start the conversation and help them understand how we kept one another safe and how we went about our daily lives differently than before.

Download or read book Stopping the Next Pandemic written by Debora MacKenzie and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "MacKenzie's fascinating book gives us the scope and scale to be able to put this pandemic in perspective and, it begs the question, will we learn from this in time to prevent to next one?" —Molly Caldwell Crosby, Bestselling author of The American Plague In a gripping, accessible narrative, a veteran science journalist lays out the shocking story of how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic happened and how to make sure this never happens again Over the last 30 years of epidemics and pandemics, we learned nearly every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks. We heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. In this captivating, authoritative, and eye-opening book, science journalist Debora MacKenzie lays out the full story of how and why it happened: the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the shocking public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the outbreak, and most importantly, what we must do to prevent future pandemics. Debora MacKenzie has been reporting on emerging diseases for more than three decades, and she draws on that experience to explain how COVID-19 went from a potentially manageable outbreak to a global pandemic. Offering a compelling history of the most significant recent outbreaks, including SARS, MERS, H1N1, Zika, and Ebola, she gives a crash course in Epidemiology 101--how viruses spread and how pandemics end—and outlines the lessons we failed to learn from each past crisis. In vivid detail, she takes us through the arrival and spread of COVID-19, making clear the steps that governments knew they could have taken to prevent or at least prepare for this. Looking forward, MacKenzie makes a bold, optimistic argument: this pandemic might finally galvanize the world to take viruses seriously. Fighting this pandemic and preventing the next one will take political action of all kinds, globally, from governments, the scientific community, and individuals—but it is possible. No one has yet brought together our knowledge of COVID-19 in a comprehensive, informative, and accessible way. But that story can already be told, and Debora MacKenzie's urgent telling is required reading for these times and beyond. It is too early to say where the COVID-19 pandemic will go, but it is past time to talk about what went wrong and how we can do better.

Download or read book How to Fight Inequality written by Ben Phillips and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the world is now pledged to fix it – and yet it keeps on getting worse. In this book, international anti-inequality campaigner Ben Phillips shows why winning the debate is not enough: we have to win the fight. Drawing on his insider experience, and his personal exchanges with the real-life heroes of successful movements, he shows how the battle against inequality has been won before, and he shares a practical plan for defeating inequality again. He sets a route map for us to overcome deference, build our collective power, and create a new story. Most books on inequality are about what other people ought to do about it – this book is about why winning the fight needs you. Tired of feeling helpless in the face of spiralling inequality? Want to know what you can do about it? This is the book for you.

Download or read book Silent Invasion written by Deborah Birx and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most revealing pandemic book yet."—The Atlantic The definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx. In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across multiple presidential administrations—was asked to join the Trump White House Coronavirus Task Force and assist the already faltering federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For weeks, she’d been raising the alarm behind the scenes about what she saw happening in public—from the apparent lack of urgency at the White House to the routine downplaying of the risks to Americans. Once in the White House, she was tasked with helping fix the broken federal approach and making President Trump see the danger this virus posed to all of us. Silent Invasion is the story of what she witnessed and lived for the next year—an eye-opening, inside account, detailed here for the first time, of the Trump Administration’s response to the greatest public health crisis in modern times. Regarded with suspicion in the West Wing from day one, Dr. Birx goes beyond the media speculation and political maneuvering to show what she was really up against in the Trump White House. Digging into the hard-fought victories, the costly mistakes, and the human drama surrounding the administration’s efforts, she examines the forces that crippled efforts to control the virus and explores why these blunders continue to haunt us today. And yet amid the agonizing missteps were bright spots that point the way forward—the fastest vaccine creation in history, governors that put their citizens’ health first, and Tribal Nations that demonstrated the powerful role of community in curbing spread, despite their criminally underfunded healthcare systems. Collectively these successes reveal the valiant work of many who were committed to saving lives, as well as highlighting the dire need to reform our public health institutions, so they are nimble and resilient enough to confront the next pandemic. With the pandemic now moving into its third year confounding two presidential administrations, Dr. Birx presents a story at once urgent and frustratingly unfinished, as Covid-19 continues to put thousands of American lives at risk. The end result is the most comprehensive and extensive accounting to date of the Trump Administration’s struggle to control the biggest health crisis in generations—a revelatory look at how we can learn from our mistakes and prevent this from happening again.

Download or read book Are You Ready to Be a Germ Fighting Hero written by Michale S Ok and published by Michale S Ok. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel corona virus has affected the world in unprecedented ways. Parents across the US and the world are suddenly takes with keeping their children at home, away from all the places and activities that they love. It is the author's aim to help parents start a discussion with their children about the novel corona virus and educate them with only the details that they need to know. Good communication and clear instructions will help our children process the changes to their routine and learn how to be a germ-fighting hero!

Download or read book Ten Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics written by Christopher Hart and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Christopher Hart provides a comprehensive description of an applied form of Cognitive Linguistics in Cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis (Cognitive CDA). Cognitive CDA applies frameworks in cognitive linguistics in analyses of political texts and talk to highlight the ideological qualities and legitimating functions of conceptualisations associated with dominant discourse practices. Across the ten lectures, various frameworks in cognitive linguistics are applied, including cognitive grammar, conceptual semantics, conceptual metaphor theory and discourse space theory. Texts and talk from a variety of contexts and genres are analysed. In the final two lectures, Cognitive CDA is extended to multimodal data in the form of images and gestures.