The COVID-19 Pandemic : a global high-tech challenge at the interface of science, politics, and illusions /: a global high-tech challenge at the interface of science, politics, and illusions. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Klaus Rose.
• Authors: Rose, Klaus, 1953-
• Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. We are no longer hunters and gatherers. States, values, and healthcare today; 3. COVID-19; 4. Low tech, high-tech, accidents and disasters; 5. Healthcare structures and professions, drug development, regulatory authorities; 6. Basic and Applied Science, Research and Development (R&D), Business, and More; 7. Conflicts of interest in healthcare and the self-picture of physicians and healthcare professionals; 8. The worlds of television, soap operas, and the real world; 9. Abuse of science, vaccination scepticism, and pseudo-science; 10. Warnings about Armageddon, global warming, and more; 11. Social inequality, developing countries and COVID-19; 12. Russia And China are giants on feet of clay; 13. Outlook
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.1962414; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects; Common fallacies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323993876
• Related ISBNs: 9780323991490
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