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''This definitely deserves a read - the first of the post mortems by a writer who knows what she''s talking about''
Laura Spinney, author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

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 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 mu

COVID19 The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One

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    Publisher: Little, Brown
    Publication Date: 7/14/2020 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780349128368, 978-0349128368
    ISBN10: 0349128367

    Number of Pages: 304

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    ''This definitely deserves a read - the first of the post mortems by a writer who knows what she''s talking about''
    Laura Spinney, author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

    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 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 mu

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