The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankinds Gravest Dangers Khan Ali S.
The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankinds Gravest Dangers Khan Ali S. An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make…
Specifikacia The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankinds Gravest Dangers Khan Ali S.
The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankinds Gravest Dangers Khan Ali S.
An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse.Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. People like Dr. Ali S. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus -- seems imminent, we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it.
We make mistakes, politicize emergencies, and, too often, fail to Khan.In his long career as a public health first responder -- protected by a thin mask from infected patients, napping under nets to keep out scorpions, making life-and-death decisions on limited, suspect information -- Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem, but outbreaks are often caused by people.