Covid-19 : A History.
Duffin, Jacalyn.
2022
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Title Covid-19 : A History.
Author Duffin, Jacalyn.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780228015086
9780228014119
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
Copyright ©2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (233 pages).
Dewey Decimal Classification 614.5924144
Summary COVID-19: A History presents a global history of the virus, with a focus on Canada. Jacalyn Duffin's broad approach ranges from medical interventions, such as the development of tests, treatments, and vaccines, to the practical politics behind quarantines, barrier technologies, lockdowns, and social and financial supports.
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Series Canadian Essentials Series
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Cover
COVID-19
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: COVID-19 Unmasked
Part One | The First Wave
1 It Begins
2 COVID-19 Comes to North America
3 Le Tour du Monde: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Antipodes
Part Two | History and Context
4 Cause: Germs, Viruses, Social Determinants, and Ecology
5 Testing and Tracking
6 Controls and Their Side Effects
7 Treatments
8 Vaccines
Part Three | The Following Waves, and Beyond
9 Analyzing the Spread: Statistics, Damn Statistics, and Lies
10 Beyond the Numbers
11 Vaccine Wars
12 Omicron and the Origins
Conclusion: Looking Backward, Hoping Forward
Index.

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