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COVID-19 - A History (Hardcover)
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COVID-19 - A History (Hardcover)
Series: Canadian Essentials
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For two years the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world. The
physician and medical historian Jacalyn Duffin presents a global
history of the virus, with a focus on Canada. Duffin describes the
frightening appearance of the virus and its identification by
scientists in China; subsequent outbreaks on cruise ships; the
relentless spread to Europe, the Americas, Africa, and elsewhere;
and the immediate attempts to confront it. COVID-19 next explores
the scientific history of infections generally, and the discovery
of coronaviruses in particular. Taking a broad approach, the book
explains the advent of tests, treatments, and vaccines, as well as
the practical politics behind interventions, including quarantines,
barrier technologies, lockdowns, and social and financial supports.
In concluding chapters Duffin analyzes the outcome of successive
waves of COVID-19 infection around the world: the toll of human
suffering, the successes and failures of control measures, vaccine
rollouts, and grassroots opposition to governments' attempts to
limit the spread and mitigate social and economic damages. Closing
with the fraught search for the origins of COVID-19, Duffin
considers the implications of an "infodemic" and provides an
cautionary outlook for the future.
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