title: Global Pandemic Threats: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)
author: Michael C. LeMay
description: Gr 9 UpDense with information, this exploration of global pandemic threats begins with an examination of several major diseases that have greatly affected the course of history, such as yellow fever, cholera, smallpox, plague, influenza, and trachoma. Subsequent chapters consider topics related to past and present outbreaks of disease so as to better understand how to grapple with future threats. "Problems, Controversies, and Solutions" addresses many problematic issues (for example, political agendas hamper efforts, and preventive medicine is often ignored), while "Perspectives" includes viewpoints from individuals working with organizations conducting humanitarian work. Other experts in the field of public health offer views about subjects such as the importance of vaccines and the threat of Aedes Mosquito-borne diseases as a result of air travel. Another chapter features brief biographical profiles of individuals who played a key role in addressing epidemic and pandemic threats both historical (Walter Reed, Louis Pasteur, Edward Jenner) and current (Paul Farmer, Keiji Fukuda, Tom Frieden). Short descriptions of major organizations (for instance, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the UN World Health Organization, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) are listed as well as key data and primary source documents concerning health-related policy. The final chapter consists of resources including scholarly books and journals, films, and videos. This work contains extensive footnotes and references, and teens and adults searching for comprehensive content on various topics relating to the issue of global pandemic threats need look no further. VERDICT A go-to resource for paper writing and a jumping-off point for more in-depth academic research.Ragan O'Malley, Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn
zlib_text: COVID-19:
  THE GREAT RESET
  KLAUS SCHWAB
  THIERRY MALLERET
  FORUM PUBLISHING
  2020
  
  About Covid-19: The Great Reset
  Since it made its entry on the world stage, COVID-19 has dramatically torn up the existing script of how to
  govern countries, live with others and take part in the global economy. Written by World Economic Forum
  Founder Klaus Schwab and Monthly Barometer author Thierry Malleret, COVID-19: The Great Reset
  considers its far-reaching and dramatic implications on tomorrow’s world.
  The book’s main objective is to help understand what’s coming in a multitude of domains. Published in
  July 2020, in the midst of the crisis and when further waves of infection may still arise, it is a hybrid
  between a contemporary essay and an academic snapshot of a crucial moment in history. It includes theory
  and practical examples but is chiefly explanatory, containing many conjectures and ideas about what the
  post-pandemic world might, and perhaps should, look like.
  The book has three main chapters, 