Diseases and Disorders - SARS (Diseases and Disorders)

✍ Scribed by Gail Stewart

• Publisher: Lucent Books
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 107
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From its beginnings in China's Guangdong Province, SARS became a worldwide epidemic before anyone knew it. The book discusses the disease's symptoms and rapid infection rate, the coverup by the Chinese government, and the quick work by health care workers and researchers from many nations to learn more about it. (20051001)

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
ISBN 1590185293......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 7
Foreword: “The Most Difficult Puzzles Ever Devised”......Page 8
Many Effects......Page 10
Unsettling Questions......Page 12
A Cold? The Flu?......Page 13
“We Didn’t Take Any Preventive Measures”......Page 14
News via the Grapevine......Page 15
Coming to the City......Page 17
“We Didn’t Believe It”......Page 18
Spreading Beyond Guangdong’s Borders......Page 19
An Official Alert......Page 20
Worst in China......Page 22
“We’re Frustrated”......Page 23
Hiding in Ambulances......Page 25
More Questions than Answers......Page 26
Six Percent......Page 28
Guessing Wrong......Page 30
A Difficult Job for a Crisis Team......Page 31
A Surprising Culprit......Page 33
Trying Out a New Tool......Page 34
“Suddenly They’re Rock Stars”......Page 36
Frustrating Mutations......Page 37
Returning to Guangdong......Page 38
From Person to Person......Page 39
Superspreaders?......Page 41
No Cure in Sight......Page 42
Clean Tires and Disinfectant......Page 44
“Are You Feeling Well Today?”......Page 45
Life in Quarantine......Page 46
“It Feels like Being in Prison”......Page 48
Reminders Everywhere......Page 49
Bambi and Teddy Bear Masks......Page 51
“Mommy, Are You Wearing Your Mask?”......Page 52
Hungry Ghosts......Page 54
The Psychological Toll......Page 56
Psychiatric Study......Page 58
Nothing New......Page 60
Angry Doctors......Page 61
Misinformation......Page 62
“The Government Doesn’t Care”......Page 63
“Why Didn’t the Government Say Anything?”......Page 64
“For the Sake of the People”......Page 65
Economic Disaster......Page 67
Trickling Down......Page 68
Trouble for Hong Kong......Page 69
The Whole Region Contracts......Page 71
Canada Disagrees with WHO......Page 73
An Impact on Baseball......Page 74
“I’m a Bit Astounded”......Page 76
“It’s Fun”......Page 78
SARS and Developing Nations......Page 79
Ripe for an Epidemic......Page 81
Learning Lessons......Page 83
“It’s the Dumbest Thing in the World”......Page 84
“The Crossroads of the World”......Page 85
Police and Health Officials......Page 87
Is the World Ready?......Page 88
New Tools to Fight SARS......Page 89
Looking Ahead......Page 90
Notes......Page 91
Organizations to Contact......Page 96
For Further Reading......Page 97
Works Consulted......Page 98
Index......Page 101
Picture Credits......Page 106
About the Author......Page 107