Epidemic
Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak
Abstract
A global health catastrophe narrowly averted. A world unprepared for another outbreak.
In December 2013, a young boy in a tiny West African village contracted the deadly Ebola virus. The virus spread to his relatives, then to neighboring communities, then across international borders. The world's first urban Ebola outbreak quickly overwhelmed the global health system and threatened to kill millions.
As we are currently seeing, in an increasingly interconnected world in which everyone is one or two flights away from New York or London or Beijing, a localized epidemic has become a pandemic. Ebola's spread through West Africa to Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States sounded global alarms that the next killer outbreak is right around the corner—and that the world is woefully unprepared to combat a new deadly disease.
From the poorest villages of rural West Africa to the Oval Office itself, this book tells the story of a deadly virus that spun wildly out of control—and reveals the truth about how close the world came to a catastrophic global pandemic. It is a story that serves as a cautionary tale for the COVID-19 epidemic currently spreading throughout the world.
Schlagworte
Nigeria Pandemic Sierra Leone Red Cresent Red Cross Reid Wilson WHO West Africa World Heath Organization United Kingdom United States Epidemic Epidemiology Doctors wi Ebola Ebola Outbreak 2014 Guinea CDC Center for Disease Control Liberia Killer Outbreak- i–xvi Preface i–xvi
- 1–6 Introduction 1–6
- 7–16 Emile 7–16
- 33–42 Into the Fight 33–42
- 43–58 A Turning Point 43–58
- 59–70 Roaring Back 59–70
- 71–78 Death of a Hero 71–78
- 79–88 Lagos 79–88
- 89–98 The Samaritans 89–98
- 99–122 A Call for Help 99–122
- 123–136 70-30 123–136
- 137–152 Darkest Days 137–152
- 153–168 Deployment 153–168
- 169–184 Dallas 169–184
- 185–198 The Ebola Czar 185–198
- 199–214 Panic and Quarantine 199–214
- 215–226 The Obama Phones 215–226
- 227–242 The Burial Teams 227–242
- 243–268 A Waning Tide 243–268
- 269–278 The Next Outbreak 269–278
- 279–282 Acknowledgments 279–282
- 283–292 Notes 283–292
- 293–backcover1 Index 293–backcover1