Dark Winter : an insider's guide to pandemics and biosecurity / Raina MacIntyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacIntyre, Raina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biosecurity.

Pandemics.

Bioterrorism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 249 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"In Dark Winter, world-leading epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre provides insights into historical biological attacks, lab accidents and epidemics, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She reveals a recurrent theme of denial, silence and cover-up around unnatural epidemics and the powerful vested interests at play. Using the lens of history, MacIntyre also provides a glimpse into new frontiers of biosecurity. Dark Winter outlines quantum advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology, and a future where human genome editing and resurrection of extinct viruses might be the norm. MacIntyre argues that the solution to the existential threat we face from biotechnology will not come from scientists, but from the community having a voice in the future of the planet and humanity"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Preface: Corona dawn

Believe the unbelievable

Insider threat

Error, not terror

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of biological research

Jurassic Park for viruses

The self-replicating weapon

The spectre of smallpox

Information warfare

Trust me, I'm a doctor

Epidemic detectives

The fuss about facemasks

Brain eating viruses

The biological sniper weapon

A biological winter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-249).

ISBN:

9781742237671

1742237673

OCLC:

1343197377