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.
Temas:
Since 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 (Disease) > Political aspects.
COVID-19 (Disease) > Social aspects.
Pand�emie de COVID-19, 2020-
COVID-19 > Aspect politique.
COVID-19 > Aspect social.
COVID-19 (Disease) > Political aspects
COVID-19 (Disease) > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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