Witness to Covid: 2020
The Diary of a Global Pandemic
Seiten
2021
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-1267-4 (ISBN)
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-1267-4 (ISBN)
An approachable, scientific look at the development of Covid-19 over the course of 2020. This book takes a unique look at a truly unique year.
On 11 March 2020, the WHO declared we were in a pandemic. Covid-19 was tearing through the world at an alarming rate and little was actually known about it, let alone how to treat it. The majority of us had paid little attention to the development of a new strain of coronavirus in China earlier on in the year; however, on 4 January 2020 Justin Stebbing, Professor of Cancer Medicine and Oncology at Imperial College London, wrote an email to Niall Ferguson mentioning stories he had heard of strange cases of pneumonia emanating from Wuhan, China. He then began writing daily notes.
In Witness to Covid: 2020, Professor Justin Stebbing tracks the development of Covid-19 over the course of this unforgettable year, navigating his way through the infodemic of misinformation regarding the virus. From the early onset of this novel coronavirus when he tracked its spread and tried to learn more about it, the impact on individual countries and the search for treatment, through to the development of vaccines, their clinical trials and eventual rollout, and the emergence of newly developing variants. This book takes a unique look at a truly unique year.
On 11 March 2020, the WHO declared we were in a pandemic. Covid-19 was tearing through the world at an alarming rate and little was actually known about it, let alone how to treat it. The majority of us had paid little attention to the development of a new strain of coronavirus in China earlier on in the year; however, on 4 January 2020 Justin Stebbing, Professor of Cancer Medicine and Oncology at Imperial College London, wrote an email to Niall Ferguson mentioning stories he had heard of strange cases of pneumonia emanating from Wuhan, China. He then began writing daily notes.
In Witness to Covid: 2020, Professor Justin Stebbing tracks the development of Covid-19 over the course of this unforgettable year, navigating his way through the infodemic of misinformation regarding the virus. From the early onset of this novel coronavirus when he tracked its spread and tried to learn more about it, the impact on individual countries and the search for treatment, through to the development of vaccines, their clinical trials and eventual rollout, and the emergence of newly developing variants. This book takes a unique look at a truly unique year.
Justin Stebbing is a Professor of Cancer Medicine and Oncology at Imperial College, London, and Editor-in-Chief of Oncogene. He sits on a wide variety of scientific advisory boards, and has published over 600 papers. His treatment of cancer patients and his attempt to extend the quality and quantity of life has been called ‘life-changing’. At the start of the pandemic, with his medical work restricted, he turned to working on SARS-CoV-2. His first paper on the dual anti-cytokine and anti-viral properties of baricitinib was accepted by the Lancet within 3 minutes and published on the same day. Since mid-January 2020 he has written a daily Covid blog. Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of the Pulitzer-winning The Emperor of All Maladies.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.11.2021 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
| Verlagsort | Chalford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 510 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3981-1267-4 / 1398112674 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3981-1267-4 / 9781398112674 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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