The plague year : America in the time of Covid
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 322 pages ; 25 cm
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
362.19624
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362.19624
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Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction
362.19624
1 available
362.19624
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Atascadero Library - Adult Nonfiction
362.19624
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362.19624
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction | 362.19624 | On Shelf |
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction | 362.19624 | On Shelf |
Atascadero Library - Adult Nonfiction | 362.19624 | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States.
Public health -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- United States.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States.
Public health -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
This is a Borzoi book.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-304) and index.
Description
Tells the story of Covid-19 in authoritative, galvanizing detail and with the full drama of events on both a global and intimate scale, illuminating the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the pandemic. Wright takes us inside the CDC, where a first round of faulty test kits lost America precious time . . . inside the halls of the White House, where Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger's early alarm about the virus was met with confounding and drastically costly skepticism . . . into a Covid ward in a Charlottesville hospital, with an idealistic young woman doctor from the town of Little Africa, South Carolina . . . into the precincts of prediction specialists at Goldman Sachs . . . into Broadway's darkened theaters and Austin's struggling music venues . . . inside the human body, diving deep into the science of how the virus and vaccines function-with an eye-opening detour into the history of vaccination and of the modern anti-vaccination movement. And in this full accounting, Wright makes clear that the medical professionals around the country who've risked their lives to fight the virus reveal and embody an America in all its vulnerability, courage, and potential. Lawrence Wright is a formidable guide, slicing through the dense fog of misinformation to give us a 360-degree portrait of the catastrophe we thought we knew as we lived through it.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
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