The plague year : America in the time of COVID / Lawrence Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Lawrence, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease)--United States.

COVID-19 (Disease).

COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects--United States.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects--United States.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Economic aspects--United States.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Economic aspects.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects.

COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 322 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

Summary:

Beginning with the absolutely critical first moments of the outbreak in China, and ending with an epilogue on the vaccine rollout and the unprecedented events between the election of Joseph Biden and his inauguration, Lawrence Wright's The Plague Year surges forward with essential information--and fascinating historical parallels--examining the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "It's Going to Be Just Fine"

2. The Trickster

3. Spike

4. "An Evolving Situation"

5. "Flatten the Curve"

6. "It's Coming to You"

7. "Nothing Can Stop What's Coming"

8. The Doom Loop

9. "Let It Be March"

10. "It's Like a Wind"

11. Bellevue

12. The No Plan Plan

13. Little Africa

14. The Mission of Wall Street

15. The Man Without a Mask

16. Waves

17. I Can't Breathe

18. Tulsa

19. Thelma and Louise

20. The Hedgehog and the Fox

21. Dark Shadows

22. The Rose Garden Cluster

23. The Search for Patient Zero

24. Survivors

25. Surrender.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-304) and index.

ISBN:

9780593320723

0593320727

OCLC:

1252719037

Publisher Number:

99987756765