The Next Pandemic
Dr. Ali S. Khan is the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR). His professional career at the CDC has centered on emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism, and global health security. He was in charge of the national public health security program, which had a $1.3 billion budget and 600 employees. The office is in charge of protecting communities in the United States from all public health threats. He now lives in Omaha with his family as the dean of the University of Nebraska's College of Public Health.
Throughout history, infectious diseases have been the most lethal killers: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone have killed over a hundred million people. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat appears imminent — Ebola, SARS, Zika, or coronavirus — we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People such as Dr. Ali S. Khan.
In his long career as a public health first responder – wearing a thin mask to protect himself from infected patients, sleeping under nets to keep scorpions out, making life-and-death decisions based on limited, suspect information – Khan has discovered that while rogue microbes will always be a problem, outbreaks are frequently caused by people. We make mistakes, politicize crises, and all too frequently fail to consider the consequences of our actions.
The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters such as anthrax and bird flu, as well as how we can do more to prevent their recurrence. It's both an engrossing story about our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson about how to prepare for the inevitable next pandemic. It is considered one of the best books on infectious disease.
Author: Dr. Ali S. Khan and William Patrick
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