Panic attack : playing politics with science in the fight against COVID-19 /

Saphier, Nicole, 1982-

Panic attack : playing politics with science in the fight against COVID-19 / Nicole Saphier - New York, NY : Broadside Books, 2021 - xviii, 296 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes index.


Politicizing science at the expense of the people --
Widespread panic --
Face masks: unmasking the truth --
Research under pressure: polarization closes minds and hinders progress --
Hydroxychloroquine: silenced hope or dangerous hoax? --
Flattening the curve: the consequences of lockdowns --
Reaching immunity: simple concept, complex quest --
Universal lockdown: the fallout from neglecting science --
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 --
The Chinese cover-up begins --
Misguidance from the World Health Organization --
Upon American soil: what happened? --
Pushing back the regulatory red tape --
Fork in the road: winners and losers --
Afterword.

"In Panic Attack, nationally bestselling author and physician Nicole Saphier uncovers the hypocrisy and hysteria which has characterized so much of the American pandemic response"--


9780063079694 0063079690


Pandemias --Siglo XXI
Epidemias --Aspectos sociales
COVID-19 (Enfermedad)
COVID-19 --Aspectos políticos y sociales

HM 1101 / S241p 2021