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The Next Pandemic
- On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
- Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases - and the panic and corruption that make them worse.
Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over 100 million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat - Ebola, SARS, Zika - seems imminent, we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan.
In his long career as a public health first responder - protected by a thin mask from infected patients, napping under nets to keep out scorpions, making life-and-death decisions on limited, suspect information - Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem, but outbreaks are often caused by people. We make mistakes, politicize emergencies, and, too often, fail to imagine the consequences of our actions.
The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax, bird flu, and others - and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.
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- Alex
- 16-02-17
Good Info-tainment
Worth Giving it a go, lots of little anecdotes, warnings for the future, well written.
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- Jo Shap
- 14-02-21
Fascinating
Intriguing story. Well written and narrated.
I found it enjoyable listening to the words of a very capable, educated and professional person, who speaks with humility and modesty.
I listened to this in Feb 2021 and could imagine the author saying “I told you so” (given it was published in 2016).
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