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Lädt ... Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live (2020. Auflage)von Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD (Autor)
Werk-InformationenApollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live von Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A very good, well-researched treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic, written in the summer of 2020. The author does a good job of placing this pandemic in the history of pandemics and illness in general, and in the U.S. more specifically. Observations of what might come are interesting - regarding the track of the medical side of the pandemic his calls were fairly accurate, but the political and social predictions wer unfortunately too optimistic (the possibility of which he appears to be afraid). Highly recommended to those interested in pandemics, the track of COVID-19, and the history of medical practice. The COVID-19 pandemic came on so suddenly and with such relative ferocity that one can be forgiven for being confused by all the misinformation floating around in the first few months after March 2020. However, epidemiologists did know how to predict and prepare for what was happening, but unfortunately this was also at a time when public trust in experts and institutions was down. Warnings from scientists and top officials weren't granted any special consideration in the minds of the populace. Also, people were scared and scared people love to turn to pseudoscience for answers. Nicholas Christakis' Apollo's Arrow is an informed review of what happened before, during, and after the worst global pandemic in 100 years. It's also a forecast of what to expect for the next pandemic, which surprisingly would be different if it happened in 20 or 30 years (our collective memory of 2020 remains intact) versus in 100 years (no collective memory). The biggest revelation for me was how much epidemiologists DO know about viruses and how they move about a population. What looks like an impossible web of contract tracing is a much tighter science than would otherwise seem. However, little of this matters if the public doesn't believe the evidence presented. Humans survived this 'dress rehearsal' COVID-19 pandemic but barely and at great cost. How are we going to respond to the next one? I got this from the library after listening to an extended interview with the author, whom I found both incredibly depressing but so erudite that I couldn't stop listening. The book is a bit of the same. It came out in the summer of 2020 before the fall/winter surge and the rollout of the vaccines so some of it's predictions are a bit off but the general sense of how this has affected us, not just in health terms, but with a broader perspective is worth reading. I don't know if Everything will Change or it will be as usual but I enjoyed his thoughts on how we emerge from the pandemic and what shape society will take. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A deep, science-backed look at how the coronavirus pandemic will change the way we live forever -- from renowned physician and sociologist Nicholas Christakis. APOLLO'S ARROW offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on American society as it unfolded in 2020, and on how the recovery will unfold in the coming years. Drawing on a combination of fascinating case studies and cutting-edge research from a range of scientific disciplines, bestselling author, physician, and sociologist Nicholas Christakis explores what it means to live in a time of plague -- an experience that is paradoxically uncommon to the vast majority of humans who are alive, yet deeply fundamental to our species as a whole. Unleashing new divisions in our society and new opportunities for cooperation, this 21st century pandemic has upended our society in ways that will test, but not vanquish, our already frayed culture's capacity to endure and thrive. Featuring many novel, provocative arguments and vivid examples ranging across medicine, history, sociology, epidemiology, data science, and genetics, APOLLO'S ARROW envisions what happens when the great force of a deadly germ meets the enduring reality of our evolved social nature. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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That said, this was a solid and accessible history of COVID-19, and connections to past pandemics. While I was sometimes a bit impatient with the amount of familiar material, it was also nice to have this all together in one place. ( )