Tag: Outbreak

Wuhan How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control [Audiobook]

Free Download Dali L. Yang, David Shih (Narrator), "Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control"
English | ASIN: B0DCGNB6QL | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~14:18:00 | 393 MB
The Covid-19 pandemic, which began as an outbreak in Wuhan in late 2019, has claimed millions of lives and caused unprecedented disruptions. Despite its generation-defining significance, there has been a surprising lack of independent research examining the decisions and measures implemented in the weeks leading up to the Wuhan lockdown, as well as the missteps that allowed the novel coronavirus to spread with minimal hindrance.
In Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control, Dali L. Yang scrutinizes China’s emergency response to the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, delving into the government’s handling of epidemic information and the decisions that influenced the scale and scope of the outbreak. Yang’s research reveals that China’s health experts had an excellent head start when they implemented a health emergency action program to respond to the outbreak at the end of December 2019. With granular detail and compelling immediacy, Yang investigates the political and bureaucratic processes that hindered information flows, as well as the cognitive framework that limited understanding of the virus’s contagiousness and hampered effective decisions. Yang emphasizes the importance of retaining public trust during a pandemic and underscores the need for transparency, openness to new information, and direct communication of risk with the public.

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The Outbreak Atlas


Free Download The Outbreak Atlas by Rebecca Katz, Mackenzie S. Moore
English | April 20th, 2024 | ISBN: 0826506615 | 330 pages | True EPUB | 24.31 MB
The public has taken a new level of interest in outbreak response since 2020, learning epidemiological terms and seeking information about how to stay prepared in a pandemic. Public health professionals are calling on citizen scientists’ participation as outbreaks are increasingly occurring in complex environments, expanding the number of people and types of activities required to control the spread of disease. However, there is no comprehensive source mapping this complexity and detailing needed actions tailored to the public.

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