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Pandemic Then & Now
peter newmanHeather Nolan
出版personal, 2020-11-30
主題Fiction / Historical / General
ISBN06468305629780646830568
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=oh4NzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Our book is a parallel story involving two sets of related fictional characters who lived through the Flu Epidemic of 1918/1919 and COVID 19 in 2020. Events in China are relayed through fictional newspaper articles and letters. The characters use their own voices to bring alive actual events that are carefully researched and vividly described.The chapters alternate between varying geographic locations and the time setting moves easily between the two centuries. The text is informally divided into the following sections and readers are invited to find the parallels: Origins of the Two Pandemics, Spread of the Two Viruses, Attempts at Containment including Lockdowns, Active Mitigation as a Suppression Strategy and Effects on Society.Each chapter is prefaced by an appropriate quote and some have evocative photos attached.