Fighting the first wave : why the coronavirus was tackled so differently across the globe / Peter Baldwin.
By: Baldwin, Peter [author.]
.Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm) [distributor.].Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781009006484; 9781316518335.Subject(s): COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Prevention | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional Physical Form: Print version: 9781316518335DDC classification: 616.2 Online resources: Click here to access online Also available in print.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Barcode | |
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Introduction : one threat, many responses -- Science, politics, and history : do they explain the variety of approaches to Covid-19? -- New dogs, old tricks : fighting Covid-19 with ancient preventive tactics -- The politics of prevention : how state and citizen Interacted, battling the virus -- What was done? : Act one of the pandemic -- Why the preventive playing field was not level : geography, prosperity, society -- Where and why science mattered : traditional Chinese medicine, herd immunity, asymptomatic carriers, superspreading, and masks -- From state to citizen : the individualization of public health -- Who is responsible for our health? : How prevention was enforced -- Difficult decisions in hard times : trade-offs between being safe and being solvent -- Conclusion : public health and public goods : the state in a post-pandemic world.
Why did the world's nations fight the Covid-19 pandemic in such different ways and with such varying results?
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