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050 1 4 _aRA644.C67
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100 1 _aWright, Lawrence,
_d1947-
245 1 4 _aThe plague year :
_bAmerica in the time of COVID /
_cLawrence Wright.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2021.
300 _aviii, 322 pages ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _a"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-304) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- "It's going to be just fine" -- The trickster -- Spike -- "An evolving situation" -- "Flatten the curve" -- "It's coming to you" -- "Nothing can stop what's coming" -- The doom loop -- "Let it be March" -- "It's like the wind" -- Bellevue -- The no plan plan -- Little Africa -- The mission of Wall Street -- The man without a mask -- Waves -- I can't breath -- Tulsa -- Thelma and Louise -- The hedgehog and the fox -- Dark shadows -- The Rose Garden cluster -- The search for patient zero -- Survivors -- Surrender -- Epilogue.
520 _aBeginning with the absolutely critical first moments of the outbreak in China, and ending with an epilogue on the vaccine rollout and the unprecedented events between the election of Joseph Biden and his inauguration, Lawrence Wright's The Plague Year surges forward with essential information--and fascinating historical parallels--examining the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
650 0 _aCOVID-19 (Disease)
_xEconomic aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCOVID-19 (Disease)
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCOVID-19 (Disease)
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCOVID-19 (Disease)
_zUnited States.
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