Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
Autor Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshakeren Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 mar 2017
We
are
facing
an
overwhelming
army
of
deadly,
invisible
enemies.
We
need
a
plan
--
before
it's
too
late.
Unlike
natural
disasters,
whose
destruction
is
concentrated
in
a
limited
area
over
a
period
of
days,
and
illnesses,
which
have
devastating
effects
but
are
limited
to
individuals
and
their
families,
infectious
disease
has
the
terrifying
power
to
disrupt
everyday
life
on
a
global
scale,
overwhelming
public
and
private
resources
and
bringing
trade
and
transportation
to
a
grinding
halt.
In
today's
world,
it's
easier
than
ever
to
move
people,
animals,
and
materials
around
the
planet,
but
the
same
advances
that
make
modern
infrastructure
so
efficient
have
made
epidemics
and
even
pandemics
nearly
inevitable.
And
as
outbreaks
of
Ebola,
MERS,
yellow
fever,
and
Zika
have
demonstrated,
we
are
woefully
underprepared
to
deal
with
the
fallout.
So
what
can
--
and
must
--
we
do
in
order
to
protect
ourselves
from
mankind's
deadliest
enemy?
Drawing
on
the
latest
medical
science,
case
studies,
policy
research,
and
hard-earned
epidemiological
lessons,Deadliest
Enemyexplores
the
resources
and
programs
we
need
to
develop
if
we
are
to
keep
ourselves
safe
from
infectious
disease.
The
authors
show
how
we
could
wake
up
to
a
reality
in
which
many
antibiotics
no
longer
cure,
bioterror
is
a
certainty,
and
the
threat
of
a
disastrous
influenza
pandemic
looms
ever
larger.
Only
by
understanding
the
challenges
we
face
can
we
prevent
the
unthinkable
from
becoming
the
inevitable.
Deadliest
Enemyis
high
scientific
drama,
a
chronicle
of
medical
mystery
and
discovery,
a
reality
check,
and
a
practical
plan
of
action.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316343695
ISBN-10: 0316343692
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 162 x 241 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316343692
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 162 x 241 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
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Notă biografică
Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota.
Mark Olshaker is a critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author or coauthor of fourteen nonfiction books and novels, including Virus Hunter, and an Emmy-winning filmmaker with specialties in both public health and criminal justice.
Recenzii
"Dr.
Michael
Osterholm
is
'the
Paul
Revere
of
the
Germ
War.'
To
those
of
us
who
have
peered
over
the
horizon
and
seen
the
enemy,
his
work
is
heroic
and
critical.
So
I
am
extremely
gratified
that
he
and
Mark
Olshaker
are
now
sharing
that
vital
knowledge
and
insight
in
their
compelling
new
book,Deadliest
Enemy."—Michael
Leavitt,
former
Governor
of
Utah,
Administrator
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
and
Secretary
of
Health
and
Human
Services
"This book will change the way you think. It is clear, well written, and has a narrative drive provided by a subtext worthy of Stephen King. It is also based on solid science--in fact, I wish the science weren't so solid, so I could dismiss its conclusions. If enough people--or the right people--read it, it will do what few books can do: it will save many, many lives."
—John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History and Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
"Osterholm and Olshaker calmly show us that Mother Nature is the 'greatest bioterrorist of them all.' Marshaling solid scientific evidence, they question why we have spent billions on the 'war on terror' and virtually nothing for an inevitable calamity that will kill millions. This stunning book is a clarion call to mount a Manhattan Project 2.0 that would prepare for the coming global pandemic. Someone should listen."—Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
"As a former governor responsible for the welfare and health of my state, and a former United States Senator concerned with national security, I applaudDeadliest Enemyas a chilling and important wakeup call. Not only is it a fascinating human story and medical detective drama, it lays out the great public health challenges facing humanity and the actions that need to be initiated or enhanced to avert their life or death consequences."—Bob Graham, former Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
"Dr. Michael Osterholm is 'the Paul Revere of the Germ War.' To those of us who have peered over the horizon and seen the enemy, his work is heroic and critical. So I am extremely gratified that he and Mark Olshaker are now sharing that vital knowledge and insight in their compelling new book,Deadliest Enemy."—Michael Leavitt, former Governor of Utah, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of Health and Human Services
"This book will change the way you think. It is clear, well written, and has a narrative drive provided by a subtext worthy of Stephen King. It is also based on solid science--in fact, I wish the science weren't so solid, so I could dismiss its conclusions. If enough people--or the right people--read it, it will do what few books can do: it will save many, many lives."
—John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History and Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
"Osterholm and Olshaker calmly show us that Mother Nature is the 'greatest bioterrorist of them all.' Marshaling solid scientific evidence, they question why we have spent billions on the 'war on terror' and virtually nothing for an inevitable calamity that will kill millions. This stunning book is a clarion call to mount a Manhattan Project 2.0 that would prepare for the coming global pandemic. Someone should listen."—Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
"As a former governor responsible for the welfare and health of my state, and a former United States Senator concerned with national security, I applaudDeadliest Enemyas a chilling and important wakeup call. Not only is it a fascinating human story and medical detective drama, it lays out the great public health challenges facing humanity and the actions that need to be initiated or enhanced to avert their life or death consequences."—Bob Graham, former Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee
"Dr. Michael Osterholm is 'the Paul Revere of the Germ War.' To those of us who have peered over the horizon and seen the enemy, his work is heroic and critical. So I am extremely gratified that he and Mark Olshaker are now sharing that vital knowledge and insight in their compelling new book,Deadliest Enemy."—Michael Leavitt, former Governor of Utah, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of Health and Human Services
Descriere
We are facing an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies. We need a plan -- before it's too late.
Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a grinding halt.
In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable. And as outbreaks of Ebola, MERS, yellow fever, and Zika have demonstrated, we are woefully underprepared to deal with the fallout. So what can -- and must -- we do in order to protect ourselves from mankind's deadliest enemy?
Drawing on the latest medical science, case studies, policy research, and hard-earned epidemiological lessons, Deadliest Enemy explores the resources and programs we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease. The authors show how we could wake up to a reality in which many antibiotics no longer cure, bioterror is a certainty, and the threat of a disastrous influenza pandemic looms ever larger. Only by understanding the challenges we face can we prevent the unthinkable from becoming the inevitable.
Deadliest Enemy is high scientific drama, a chronicle of medical mystery and discovery, a reality check, and a practical plan of action.