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02667aam a2200373 i 4500 001 4488BC820CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 210414s2021 ii a b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2020334020 020 $a 0670094374 020 $a 9780670094370 035 $a (OCoLC)1237396663 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DKAGE $d OCLCF $d DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d CCPLG $d OCLCO $d CLU $d NLM $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc $a pcc 043 $a a-ii--- 050 00 $a RA644.C67 $b M33 2021 060 00 $a WC 506 082 04 $a 616.2414 $2 23 100 1 $a Mahapatra, Anirban $c (Publisher), $e author. 245 10 $a COVID-19 : $b separating fact from fiction / $c Anirban Mahapatra. 264 1 $a Gurgaon, Haryana, India : $b Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, $c 2021. 300 $a 250 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "In early 2020, our lives were upended by a new virus that caused the most severe pandemic in over a century. In the span of a few weeks, even visiting a grocery store became a task in risk assessment. Cities and countries across the world closed their borders for their own citizens, as well as foreigners. Newspapers carried alarming accounts of rapidly rising numbers of COVID-positive cases, patients dying and migrant labourers desperately trying to reach home. One was struck every single day with the realization that the pandemic was not just a biological phenomenon, but also a social one. Where did this virus, first called the novel coronavirus and later SARS coronavirus-2, come from? Did we see it coming? If so, why weren't we better prepared for it? How lethal is it really? How can we protect ourselves from it? How will the pandemic end? What will life be like once it is over? In this meticulously researched book, Anirban Mahapatra demystifies the virus and offers us a historical perspective. He charts the scientific progress made in understanding how the virus infects us and how we fight back, and also looks at the social tensions it has uncovered. In doing so, he offers us a clarity that enables us not only to understand the virus but also live with it." -- ONIX annotation. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-250). 650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Complications. 650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Prevention. 650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $x Evaluation. 650 12 $a COVID-19. 650 7 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01984643 650 7 $a Public health. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082238 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012510.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4488BC820CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search