EAN: 9780241510544

PREVENTABLE - DEVI SRIDHAR KARTONIERT (TB)

Preventable uses the spellbinding story of the COVID-19 pandemic to show how global politics
shape our health. Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in
communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable she highlights
lessons learned from outbreaks past and present in a narrative that traces the COVID-19
pandemic - including her personal experience as a scientist - and sets out a vision for how we
can better protect ourselves from the inevitable health crises to come. In gripping and
heartfelt prose  Sridhar exposes the varied realities of those affected (from the jailed doctor
in Wuhan who sounded the alarm  and the bored passengers marooned on the Diamond Princess
cruise ship  to the daily nightmares of exhausted healthcare workers)  and puts you in the room
with key decision makers at crucial moments (from over-confident heads of states and their
hesitant scientific advisors  to the beleaguered leaders of global health organisations).
Sridhar vibrantly conveys the twists and turns of a plot that saw: deadlier variants emerge
(contrary to the predictions of social media pundits who argued it would mutate to a milder
form)  the Pyrrhic victory in many countries of the false narrative of health versus the
economy (those countries which controlled the virus  like Taiwan and Denmark  had a steadier
recovery)  countries with weak health systems like Senegal and Vietnam fare better than
countries like the US and UK (which were consistently ranked as the most prepared)  and the
quickest development of game-changing vaccines in history (and their unfair distribution).
Combining science  politics  ethics and economics  this definitive book dissects the global
structures that determine our fate  and reveals the deep-seated economic and social
inequalities at their heart - it will challenge  outrage and inspire.

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