001488286 000__ 03066nam\\22005531i\4500 001488286 001__ 1488286 001488286 003__ NhCcYBP 001488286 005__ 20240221003207.0 001488286 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001488286 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001488286 008__ 240213s2024\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001488286 020__ $$a9781668001417 001488286 020__ $$a1668001411 001488286 020__ $$z9781668001394 001488286 020__ $$z166800139X 001488286 020__ $$z9781668001400 001488286 020__ $$z1668001403 001488286 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 001488286 043__ $$an-us--- 001488286 050_4 $$aRA652$$b.M36 2024 001488286 08204 $$a614.4$$223/eng/20230925 001488286 1001_ $$aMcNeil, Donald G.,$$cJr.,$$eauthor. 001488286 24514 $$aThe wisdom of plagues :$$bLessons from 25 years of covering pandemics /$$cDonald G. McNeil Jr. 001488286 250__ $$aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 001488286 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2024. 001488286 300__ $$a1 online resource (xii, 368 pages) 001488286 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001488286 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001488286 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001488286 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-350) and index. 001488286 5050_ $$aPart one: Initial reflections on pandemics. Covid as a nervous condition ; How I got here ; What I learned on the way -- Part two: The tangled roots of pandemics. What if we'd handled Covid differently? ; What if we'd handled monkeypox differently? ; Where pandemics came from, and how they changed us ; Why no pandemic will be our last -- Part three: The human factors that spread pandemics. The networks that trigger blame ; The missed opportunities ; The "not me" denialism ; The failures to understand culture ; The cancer of rumors ; The despicable profiteers ; The rare politicians who outwit scientists ; The media's forced errors ; The crises of trust and fetishization of science -- Part four: Some ways to head off future pandemics. We need a pentagon for disease ; We need to fight global poverty ; We need to ban religious exemptions ; We need to improve surveillance ; We need to rationalize "emergencies" ; We need to respect witch doctors ; We need to make medicine cheaper ; Like it or not, we need mandates -- Epilogue. 001488286 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 001488286 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bAnn Arbor, MI$$nAvailable via World Wide Web. 001488286 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001488286 650_0 $$aEpidemiology.$$xEpidemiology$$0(DLC)sh2009114520 001488286 650_0 $$aPandemics. 001488286 650_0 $$aCOVID-19 (Disease) 001488286 650_0 $$aPublic health surveillance. 001488286 650_0 $$aPublic health$$zUnited States. 001488286 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001488286 7102_ $$aProQuest (Firm) 001488286 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z9781668001394$$z166800139X$$z9781668001400$$z1668001403$$w(DLC) 2023018091 001488286 852__ $$bebk 001488286 85640 $$3GOBI DDA$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=30741038$$zOnline Access 001488286 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1488286$$pGLOBAL_SET 001488286 980__ $$aBIB 001488286 980__ $$aEBOOK 001488286 982__ $$aEbook 001488286 983__ $$aOnline