{"product_id":"the-covid-19-catastrophe-whats-gone-wrong-and-how-to-stop-it-happening-again-hardback-9781509549092","title":"The COVID-19 Catastrophe; What's Gone Wrong and How To Stop It Happening Again (Hardback) 9781509549092","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe COVID-19 Catastrophe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhat's Gone Wrong and How To Stop It Happening Again\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Horton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509549092, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.1 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e�This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.�\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e�The Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e pulls no punches. The pandemic has shattered our belief in Western exceptionalism and exposed the harsh underbelly of global inequality. A must-read.�\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the first edition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Devastating… An incredibly powerful read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ePiers Morgan, Good Morning Britain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vital and up to the minute.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A polemic of the first order.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"a well-reasoned roar of rage at the failure of many western governments to follow the emerging scientific evidence about the pandemic potential of the novel coronavirus.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"uncompromisingly scathing.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Blistering but forensically detailed.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMedical Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected as one of the Best Science Books of 2020 by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis expanded, updated, and completely revised edition of \u003ci\u003eThe COVID-19 Catastrophe\u003c\/i\u003e is the authoritative guide to a global health crisis that has consumed the world. Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e, scrutinises the actions taken by governments as they sought to contain the novel coronavirus. He shows that indecision and disregard for scientific evidence has led many political leaders to preside over hundreds of thousands of needless deaths and the worst global economic crisis for three centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new edition provides a systematic discussion of the pandemic’s course, national responses, more transmissible mutant variants of the virus, and the launch of the world’s largest ever vaccination programme.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnly now are we beginning to understand the full scale of the COVID-19 crisis. We need to learn the lessons of this pandemic, and we need to learn them fast, because the next pandemic may arrive sooner than we think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 From Wuhan to the World\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Why Were We Not Prepared?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Science: The Paradox of Success and Failure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 First Lines of Defence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Politics of COVID-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Risk Society Revisited\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Towards the Next Pandemic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Medicine: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medicine: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medicine:%20general%20issues%20%5BMB%5D%22\"\u003eMB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441810665752,"sku":"9781509549092","price":37.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509549092.jpg?v=1785026622","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-covid-19-catastrophe-whats-gone-wrong-and-how-to-stop-it-happening-again-hardback-9781509549092","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}