Covid-19 : a history / Jacalyn Duffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffin, Jacalyn, author.

Series:

Canadian essentials.

Canadian essentials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

Summary:

COVID-19: A History presents a global history of the virus, with a focus on Canada. Jacalyn Duffin's broad approach ranges from medical interventions, such as the development of tests, treatments, and vaccines, to the practical politics behind quarantines, barrier technologies, lockdowns, and social and financial supports.

Contents:

Cover

COVID-19

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: COVID-19 Unmasked

Part One | The First Wave

1 It Begins

2 COVID-19 Comes to North America

3 Le Tour du Monde: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Antipodes

Part Two | History and Context

4 Cause: Germs, Viruses, Social Determinants, and Ecology

5 Testing and Tracking

6 Controls and Their Side Effects

7 Treatments

8 Vaccines

Part Three | The Following Waves, and Beyond

9 Analyzing the Spread: Statistics, Damn Statistics, and Lies

10 Beyond the Numbers

11 Vaccine Wars

12 Omicron and the Origins

Conclusion: Looking Backward, Hoping Forward

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780228015093

022801509X

9780228015086

0228015081

OCLC:

1346364642