The COVID-19 catastrophe : (Record no. 20075)
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| fixed length control field | 02199cam a22002295i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781509546459 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 1509546456 |
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| ISBN | 9781509546466 |
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| ISBN | 1509546464 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 362.1962 |
| Item number | HOR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | Horton, Richard, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The COVID-19 catastrophe : |
| Sub Title | what's gone wrong and how to stop it happening again / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Richard Horton. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge ; USA : |
| Name of publisher | Polity Press, |
| Year of publication | 2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 133 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The global response to the Covid-19 pandemic is the greatest science policy failure in a generation. We knew this was coming. Warnings about the threat of a new pandemic have been made repeatedly since the 1980s and it was clear in January that a dangerous new virus was causing a devastating human tragedy in China. And yet the world ignored the warnings. Why? In this short and hard-hitting book, Richard Horton, editor of the medical journal The Lancet, scrutinizes the actions that governments around the world took - and failed to take - as the virus spread from its origins in Wuhan to the global pandemic that it is today. He shows that many Western governments and their scientific advisors made assumptions about the virus and its lethality that turned out to be mistaken. Valuable time was lost while the virus spread unchecked, leaving health systems unprepared for the avalanche of infections that followed. Drawing on his own scientific and medical expertise, Horton outlines the measures that need to be put in place, at both national and international levels, to prevent this kind of catastrophe from happening again. We're supposed to be living in an era where human beings have become the dominant influence on the environment, but Covid-19 has revealed the fragility of our societies and the speed with which our systems can come crashing down. 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | COVID-19 (Disease) |
| General subdivision | Prevention. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | COVID-19 (Disease) |
| General subdivision | Social aspects. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | Epidemics |
| General subdivision | Government policy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | S Campus | 10/07/2020 | Purchase | 1178.00 | 2020-09-24 | 362.1962HOR | 45283 | 10/07/2020 | Books |
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