TY  - BOOK
AU  - Galea,Sandro
TI  - Contagion next time
SN  - 9780197576427
AV  - RA563 .G35 2022
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Health and race
KW  - World health
KW  - Minorities
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Equality
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - COVID-19 (Disease)
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Health Status Disparities
KW  - Social Determinants of Health
KW  - Global Health
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - Pandemics
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - Sant�e et race
KW  - Sant�e mondiale
KW  - Minorit�es
KW  - Soins m�edicaux
KW  - D�eterminants sociaux de la sant�e
KW  - Prestation de soins
KW  - fast
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-255) and index; A better and healthier time to be alive than ever --; An unhealthy country --; An unhealthy world --; Who we are, the foundational forces --; Where we live, work, and play --; Politics, power, and money --; Compassion --; Social, racial, and economic justice --; Health as a public good --; Understanding what matters most --; Working in complexity and doubt --; Humility and informing the public conversation
N2  - "It began with a bat. This was the species in which the virus first emerged before infecting humans. A member of the coronavirus family of diseases, the symptoms of the virus included high fever, dry cough, body aches, diarrhea, and pneumonia. It spread primarily through respiratory droplets emitted when an infected person coughed or sneezed. This made it important to minimize person-to-person contact and observe social distancing in public spaces where the virus could be transmitted. Once the world became aware of the disease, it mobilized to stop it. These efforts were successful. Quarantine measures, quickly adopted, substantially slowed the spread of the disease. Within months of the detection of the virus in humans, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak contained. A total of 8,098 people were infected during the outbreak, and 774 died"--
ER  -