Pandemics, publics, and narrative / Mark Davis and Davina Lohm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Mark (Mark David McGregor), author.

Lohm, Davina, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemics--History--21st century.

Epidemics.

H1N1 influenza.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

'Pandemics, Publics, and Narrative' explores how members of the general public experienced the 2009 swine flu pandemic. It examines the stories related to us by individuals about what happened to them in 2009, their reflections on news and expert advice given to them, and how they considered vaccination, social isolation, and other infection control measures. The text charts also the storytelling of public life, including the 'be alert, not alarmed' messages from the beginning of the outbreak through to the 'boy who cried wolf' problem that emerged later in the outbreak when the virus turned out to be less serious than first thought for most people.

Contents:

Pandemic tales

'Be alert, not alarmed'

Contagion

Immunity

Vulnerabilities

News media hype?

'The boy who cried wolf' and other post-trust stories.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 24, 2020).

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-068378-3

0-19-068379-1

0-19-068377-5