World War C: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One – Hardcover

Sanjay Gupta covered COVID-19 from the front lines as a physician and a reporter, and this book is his attempt to set down what the pandemic revealed about how societies handle a new pathogen. Drawing on conversations with senior public health figures and the scientists working on treatments and vaccines, he traces the behaviour of the virus, the decisions that shaped national responses, and the questions families faced about risk, elderly relatives and daily life. Later chapters turn to preparation, outlining what individuals, health systems and governments might do differently before the next outbreak. Medical questions of a reader's own remain matters for a qualified clinician. Useful details: • Hardcover edition of a frontline account by a practising neurosurgeon and journalist • Interviews with leading public health experts and research scientists • Separates what happened from what could be done differently next time • General health reporting, never a substitute for individual medical advice For readers interested in public health, science journalism and pandemic policy, stocked at Boipoka.