Claessens, Michel
자료유형 | 단행본 |
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개인저자 | Claessens, Michel.,author. |
단체저자명 | SpringerLink (Online service). |
서명/저자사항 | The Science and Politics of Covid-19 [electronic resource] : How Scientists Should Tackle Global Crises / by Michel Claessens. |
판사항 | 1st ed. 2021. |
형태사항 | XIV, 216 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color:online resource. |
기본자료 저록 | Springer Nature eBook |
기타형태 저록 | Printed edition:9783030778637Printed edition:9783030778651 |
ISBN | 9783030778644 |
기타표준부호 | 10.1007/978-3-030-77864-4 |
내용주기 | A Microscopic Killer -- COVID-19 Diary -- Geopolitics of the Coronavirus -- Political Distancing. |
요약 | This book is a fresh and readable account of the Covid-19 pandemic and how scientists and medical doctors are helping governments to manage the crisis. The book contains interviews and exchanges with dozens of scientists, doctors, experts, government representatives, and journalists. Why do some of the most scientifically advanced countries have the highest Covid-19 mortality? During the pandemic, the research community has been at the heart of—and actor in—a global scandal. Why has science failed? With the help of numerous testimonies from China, France, the UK and the USA in particular, the book provides an insider’s view on this major crisis. Although the governments of these countries based their Covid-19 strategy on science, scientists failed to have a decisive influence on decision-makers—except in China—, which created genuine “time bombs.” The accelerated development of vaccines does not erase past months’ errors. The crisis led to the development of “science politics” at an unprecedented rate. More worryingly, experts themselves acknowledge that they did not rise to the challenge. Covid-19 also highlighted the weakness of democratic regimes and the power of technocapitalism. Countries pulled down their blinds, locked their doors, and promoted national approaches rather than international cooperation. The author proposes to set up an international framework on health risk to co-construct decision-making. He advocates political distancing in order to put the basics first: develop science, fight ignorance. |
일반주제명 | Medicine, Preventive. Health promotion. Science—Social aspects. Medical policy. Epidemiology. Virology. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Science and Technology Studies. Health Policy. Epidemiology. Virology. |
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