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COVID-19 pandemic a global high-tech challenge at the interface of science, politics, and illusions /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rose, Klaus, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Academic Press, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 1 0 |a COVID-19 pandemic  |h [electronic resource] :  |b a global high-tech challenge at the interface of science, politics, and illusions /  |c Klaus Rose. 
260 |a London, UK :  |b Academic Press,  |c 2022. 
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500 |a Includes index. 
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505 0 |a Intro -- The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global High-Tech Challenge at the Interface of Science, Politics, and Illusions -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 We are no longer hunters and gatherers. Societies, states, values, and healthcare today -- References -- Chapter 3 Development of drugs and vaccines -- References -- Chapter 4 COVID-19-The disease -- 1 Introduction -- 2 DNA and RNA -- 3 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19 disease -- 4 Modern society and public health -- 5 Traditional avenues of prevention -- 6 Vaccines -- 7 Diagnostics -- 8 Treatment -- 9 COVID-19, children, and "children" -- 9.1 The age of vaccination for "children" -- 9.2 Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) -- 10 COVID-19 variants -- 11 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Russian and Chinese vaccines -- 1 Russian vaccines -- 2 Chinese vaccines -- 3 Assessment -- References -- Chapter 6 The European Union (EU) response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- 1 The original course of the pandemic in Europe -- 2 Details of the EU response -- 3 Future EU plans -- 4 A preliminary assessment of the EU response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- References -- Chapter 7 COVID-19 vaccines global access (COVAX) and more -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key international organizations -- 3 COVID-19 vaccines global access (COVAX) -- 4 The discussion about booster shots -- 5 Preliminary COVAX assessment -- References -- Chapter 8 International healthcare structures and COVID-19 -- 1 WHO basics and "Public Health Emergencies of International Concern" (PHEICs) -- 2 International Health regulations (IHR) and PHEICs -- 3 The WHO's life of its own -- 4 The WHO and progress in healthcare -- 5 The WHO in the COVID-19 pandemic. 
505 8 |a 6 The independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response (IPPR) report -- 7 Assessment of the WHO IPPR recommendations -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Low-tech and high-tech challenges. Accidents and disasters. Technical and scientific progress and its perception ... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Groupthink -- 3 US space shuttle disasters -- 4 Boeing 737 MAX crashes -- 5 Nuclear plant meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, after a tsunami -- 6 Lead poisoning -- 7 Love Canal/Blackcreek village -- 8 Mercury poisoning -- 9 Bhopal -- 10 Tobacco smoking -- 11 BSE and Jacob-Creutzfeld-disease -- 12 Intermediate summary -- 13 Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 Basic research, applied research, and the real world -- References -- Chapter 11 Conflicts of interest and the self-picture of medicine and scientists -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Science is part of society -- 3 The special edition on 150 years "Nature" in 2019 -- 4 The "Nature" coverage of the European Union (EU) science budget deliberations in 2019 -- 5 The term "medical-industrial complex" and its ramifications -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12 Vaccination hesitancy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Discussion -- 3 Additional dimensions -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13 Social inequality, developing countries, and COVID-19 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social framework and the responsibility for one's fate and health -- 3 Social inequality: The sociology approach -- 4 Ideologies and politics that promise(d) to abolish poverty -- 5 Developing countries and the COVID-10 pandemic -- 6 The misconception of a weakening of intellectual property as a way out of the pandemic -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14 Politics, illusions, websites, and the real world -- 1 Humanity and communication. 
505 8 |a 2 Fairy tales, oral tradition, the worlds of radio and television, and the internet -- 3 Politics, websites, and the real world -- 4 The COVID-19 pandemic and the internet -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 15 Global warming, Armageddon warnings, and the COVID-19 pandemic -- 1 Climate change and global warming: The basics -- 2 The predicted effect of climate change on humans -- 3 Global warming and the COVID-19 pandemic -- 4 The mixing of geoscience, social, and medical challenges -- 5 Scientific warnings in the past -- 6 The privileges of youth -- 7 COVID-19 is a high-tech challenge -- References -- Chapter 16 China and Russia are giants on feet of clay -- References -- Chapter 17 Conclusions and outlook -- 1 Conclusions -- References -- Index. 
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