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Plague Merchants
Benjamin Jacob
其他書名
How Humans Cause Pandemics
出版Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US, 2020-05-06
主題Social Science / Disease & Health Issues
ISBN9798643677741
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=89SYzQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Pathogens cause disease. This is well known. Less well known is the role humans play in causing pandemics.Praised as "fascinating" and "terrifying" this outstanding study - now newly revised and updated for the first anniversary of Covid-19 'reaching' Europe - weaves contemporary accounts with the latest research to reveal how the world's worst pandemics occurred, the tragic human cost which resulted, and the often-ignored human factors which caused them. Drawing on years of research, Dr Benjamin Jacob asks what lessons can be learnt from the past to prevent the next catastrophic plague from happening.First published in May 2020, Plague Merchant predicted the rapid evolution of the Covid-19 virus, questions whether it did in fact originate in Wuhan, China, and, extrapolating from research into previous pandemics, suggests that the so-called 'first' wave of Covid-19 may not have been the first wave at all for it ignores the likelihood of a first wave having already passed through the world before the end of 2019. It took until the end of 2020 for these predictions to either come true or be given serious consideration by scientists around the world. Now that they are, it is time to take note of the other predictions Plague Merchants makes about this virus and the pandemics likely to emerge in the next few decades.Although not exclusively about Covid-19, Plague Merchants is the only regularly updated book covering this pandemic, providing commentary from early 2020 on how an under-prepared world struggles to contend with this latest viral pandemic. It also reminds us that it is not the only pandemic at large in the world today and certainly will not be the last.A writer and teacher for over twenty years, Benjamin Jacob's writing has appeared in various books, magazines, and journals. He currently lectures at a top 10 British University on subjects including globalisation, virology, and social justice.