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But lately, the word “pandemic” has given me pause. Maybe you’ve noticed it too: these days, a lot of people refer to the pandemic in the past tense. “During COVID,” they say, or ...
Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One is a 2022 memoir about the COVD-19 pandemic by Devi Sridhar. The book documents the pandemic from the author's perspective as an advisor to the Scottish and UK governments, with criticism of the latter. Preventable was met with positive critical reception, noted for ...
[1] Žižek takes the pandemic to be not only an invitation to a new form of global political organisation but as a call to rethink philosophy itself. The revolutionary nature of an event like a pandemic is not merely practical but inherently theoretical as, in his own words, "we will have to experience a true philosophical revolution". [3] [4]
The Premonition is a 2021 book by Michael Lewis about the COVID-19 pandemic and the early response of public health officials in the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]The book was praised for its timeliness [3] and for dealing with the complexity of the story well. [2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as with other pandemics, the meaning of this term has been challenged. [ 14 ] The end of a pandemic or other epidemic only rarely involves the total disappearance of a disease, and historically, much less attention has been given to defining the ends of epidemics than their beginnings.
Merriam-Webster has selected the word of the year for 2020, and it's the obvious choice.The company on Monday picked "pandemic" as its 2020 word of the year, saying the term received a massive ...
The COVID-19 pandemic left few parts of daily life unscathed. With urban hubs like New York City making headlines for being COVID-19 hotspots, the suburbs have never been quite so appealing. In ...
The book discusses various aspects related to the prevention of pandemics, including medical practices necessary for doing so. [3] Bill Gates' main idea is to create a global pandemic prevention team, known as GERM (Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization). Its objective is to ensure preparedness for the next pandemic. [4]