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03454aam a2200481Ki 4500 001 A5D59D94129911EBB48536AA50ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201020010019 008 200327s2020 xxk g 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781529342222 020 $a 1529342228 035 $a (OCoLC)1146006690 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d AUPTL $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d NZAUC $d SILO 082 04 $a 614.4 $2 23 100 1 $a Osterholm, Michael T., $e author. 245 10 $a Deadliest enemy : $b our war against killer germs / $c Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker. 264 1 $a London : $b John Murray, $c 2020. 300 $a xxiii, 341 pages ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "With a new preface on Coronavirus COVID-19" -- cover. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a grinding halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable. And as outbreaks of COVID-19, Ebola, MERS, and Zika have demonstrated, we are woefully under-prepared to deal with the fallout. So what can - and must - we do in order to protect ourselves from mankind's deadliest enemy? 505 0 $a Black swans and red alerts -- Annals of public health -- White coats and worn shoes -- The threat matrix -- The natural history of germs -- The new world order -- Means of transmission: bats, bugs, lungs, and penises -- Vaccines: the sharpest arrow in our quiver -- Malaria, AIDS, and TB: lest we forget -- Gain of function and dual use: the Frankenstein scenario -- Bioterror: opening Pandora's box -- Ebola: out of Africa -- SARS and MERS: harbingers of things to come -- Mosquitoes: public health enemy number one -- Zika: expecting the unexpected -- Antimicrobials: the tragedy of the commons -- Fighting the resistance -- Influenza: the king of infectious diseases -- Pandemic: from unspeakable to inevitable -- Taking influenza off the table -- Battle plan for survival. 650 0 $a Epidemics $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Epidemics $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Vaccines. 650 0 $a AIDS (Disease) $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Zika virus $x Prevention. 650 0 $a SARS (Disease) $x Prevention. 650 7 $a AIDS (Disease) $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00793908 650 7 $a Communicable diseases. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869883 650 7 $a Communicable diseases $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869910 650 7 $a Epidemics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914079 650 7 $a Epidemics $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914085 650 7 $a SARS (Disease) $x Prevention. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01984680 650 7 $a Vaccines. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01163573 655 7 $a Popular works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423846 700 1 $a Olshaker, Mark, $d 1951- $e author. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781529342239 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021619.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A5D59D94129911EBB48536AA50ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search