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Humanity suffers from crises and disasters constantly. But, the breadth of the latest crisis-the Covid-19 pandemic-has affected almost all corners of the world and has caused millions of deaths and so many more victims who have survived its worst effects but may still suffer long-lasting health issues from it. Those "lucky" enough to have suffered only mild cases or managed to avoid infection altogether are still victims because of social and economic...
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In 1849, a steamship named after President James Monroe headed from St. Louis to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The passengers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Philadelphia. At St. Louis, they were joined with a group of California gold diggers from Jeffersonville, Indiana. But their trip was interrupted when cholera broke out on board. Local fourteen-year-old James McHenry discovered the steamship after it landed at Jefferson...
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is significantly impacting the development and life cycle of public—private partnership (PPP) projects in Asia and the Pacific. This has led to disruptions in trade, production, and supply chains as well as sharp declines in consumption and investment. This guidance note examines the impacts of COVID-19 on PPP projects in region including the implications for contractual arrangements. It presents governance practices...
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The dramatic story of New Zealand's response to a global pandemic
For the first time in history, on 15 March 2020 the New Zealand government closed the country's borders. What followed was a story unprecedented in almost every way imaginable.
Featuring Finance Minister Grant Robertson, science communicator Siouxsie Wiles, Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult, funeral directors Francis and Kaiora Tipene, Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson, the Prime...
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L'épidémie, maladie sociale aux effets brusques et amples, est une grande réalité historique, longtemps aussi méconnue des historiens que redoutée des contemporains. Histoire des épidémies, mais aussi épidémies de l'histoire: les maladies n'apparaissent-elles pas avec leur vie indépendante...
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As COVID-19 swept across the globe with merciless force, it was working people who kept the world from falling apart. Deemed "essential" by a system that has shown just how much it needs our labor but has no concern for our lives, workers sacrificed-and many were sacrificed-to keep us fed, to keep our shelves stocked, to keep our hospitals and transit running, to care for our loved ones, and so much more. But when we look back at this particular moment,...
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Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans-called zoonoses-including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history, and how we can keep them at bay.
Almost all pandemics and epidemics have been caused by diseases that come to us from animals, including SARS, mad cow disease, and-now-Covid-19. Epidemiologist, veterinarian, and ecosystem...
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An extraordinarily powerful memoir based on the diaries of intensive care nurse Anthea Allen, who worked on the front line of one of the largest hospitals in Europe — St. George's in South London — during the peak of the Covid crisis.
Her gripping and incredibly moving recollections have been feted by a great range of people, from Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain to Richard Branson and the Queen's apothecary, as well as being...
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We have never seen anything quite like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the 21st century. God brought His world to a standstill. He interrupted business as usual. He has changed life, as we know it. COVID-19 turned the world upside down. Contrary to beliefs, man doesn't rule the world; the One who created it does. When we reject God and become, lifted up in pride, God knows how to bring us down to size. He knows how to put us back in our...
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Welcome to London in lockdown – in 1665 This timely release of a year in the life of London's greatest diarist comes with an introduction by bestselling author, Max Hastings. The plague that swept through London in 1665 brought the city to a grinding halt. The bustle of business gave way to a grim air of fear as nearly a quarter of Londoners were struck down. Yet for Samuel Pepys, life went on.In his lifetime, Pepys was a naval administrator and...
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Based on original reporting from West Africa and the United States, and the poet 's experiences as a doctor and journalist, If God Is A Virus charts the course of the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, telling the stories of Ebola survivors, outbreak responders, journalists and the virus itself. Documentary poems explore which human lives are valued, how editorial decisions are weighed, what role the aid industrial complex plays in crises,...
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The outbreak of a deadly new form of pneumonia that began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 has shown the world that the regime in Beijing poses the most serious threat to world peace and freedom since the Soviet Union. Early missteps by China's ruling Communist Party - repressing doctors who sought to alert China and the world the dangers of the Wuhan virus and permitting millions to travel out of Wuhan for a holiday - caused the global pandemic now...
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Did the Covid virus jump naturally from an animal species to humans, or did it escape from a laboratory experiment? In this essay, science writer Nicholas Wade explores the two scenarios and argues that, on present evidence, lab escape is the more likely explanation. His inference is based on specific research being conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Institute's lack of adequate safety precautions, together with the continuing absence...
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