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Basic Income for Canadians : From the COVID-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All.

Basic Income for Canadians : From the COVID-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All.

Forget, Evelyn L.
2020

In this new and revised edition, Evelyn L. Forget offers a clear-eyed look at how recent emergency measures could be transformed into a program that ensures an adequate basic income for every Canadian. She weighs the options, investigates whether Canadians can afford a permanent basic income program, and describes how it could best be implemented across the country. Residence: Winnipeg, MB.

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COVID-19 : the pandemic that never should have happened and how to stop the next one

COVID-19 : the pandemic that never should have happened and how to stop the next one

Mackenzie, Debora.
2020

"Over the last 30 years of epidemics and pandemics, we learned every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks. We heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. In this captivating, authoritative, and eye-opening book, science journalist Debora MacKenzie lays out the full story of how and why it happened: the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the shocking public health failures that paved the way, the failure to contain the outbreak, and most importantly, what we must do to prevent future pandemics. Debora MacKenzie has been reporting on emerging diseases for more than three decades, and she draws on that experience to explain how COVID-19 went from a potentially manageable outbreak to a global pandemic. Offering a compelling history of the most significant recent outbreaks, including SARS, MERS, H1N1, Zika, and Ebola, she gives a crash course in Epidemiology 101--how viruses spread and how pandemics end--and outlines the lessons we failed to learn from each past crisis. In vivid detail, she takes us through the arrival and spread of COVID-19, making clear the steps that governments knew they could have taken to prevent or at least prepare for this. Looking forward, MacKenzie makes a bold, optimistic argument: this pandemic might finally galvanize the world to take viruses seriously. Fighting this pandemic and preventing the next one will take political action of all kinds, globally, from governments, the scientific community, and individuals--but it is possible. No one has yet brought together our knowledge of COVID-19 in a comprehensive, informative, and accessible way. But that story can already be told, and Debora MacKenzie's urgent telling is required reading for these times and beyond. It is too early to say where the COVID-19 pandemic will go, but it is past time to talk about what went wrong and how we can do better."-- Provided by publisher.

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Deadliest enemy : our war against killer germs

Deadliest enemy : our war against killer germs

Osterholm, Michael T., author.
2020

A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics. Features a new preface on COVID-19.

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Don't panic : how to manage your finances -- and financial anxieties -- during and after coronavirus : tips, tricks, and guaranteed ways to secure your future

Don't panic : how to manage your finances -- and financial anxieties -- during and after coronavirus : tips, tricks, and guaranteed ways to secure your future

Ibbotson, Christine
2020

As soon as the COVID-19 global pandemic hit North America, Licensed Financial Advisor Christine Ibbotson, syndicated "Ask the Money Lady" columnist and recent author of How to Retire Debt-Free and Wealthy, started receiving hundreds of emails from concerned citizens. Ibbotson has worked quickly and diligently in the face of this global financial crisis to provide readers in Canada, the US, and UK with a collection of thoughtful responses to, and practical advice for, their most pressing concerns.

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The germ lab : the gruesome story of deadly diseases

The germ lab : the gruesome story of deadly diseases

Platt, Richard, author
2020

An entertaining and comprehensive telling of diseases, infections, plagues and pandemics for young readers. The Germ Lab features case histories of specific epidemics and pandemics, including COVID-19, 'eyewitness' accounts from the rats, flies, ticks, and creepy-crawlies who spread the most deadly viruses, plus plenty of fascinating facts and figures on the biggest and worst afflictions. Illustrated throughout with brilliantly entertaining artworks and fun characters, you'll be entertained by a secret war room showing the war on germs, a rogues' gallery highlighting the worst offenders, the very deadliest diseases examined under the microscope, and much more.

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The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris

The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris

Honigsbaum, Mark, author
2020

How can we understand the COVID-19 pandemic? Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing such catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. In The Pandemic Century, a lively account of scares both infamous and less known, medical historian Mark Honigsbaum combines reportage with the history of science and medical sociology to artfully reconstruct epidemiological mysteries and the ecology of infectious diseases. We meet dedicated disease detectives, obstructive or incompetent public health officials, and brilliant scientists often blinded by their own knowledge of bacteria and viruses--and see how fear of disease often exacerbates racial, religious, and ethnic tensions.

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Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses : From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19.

Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses : From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19.

Quinlan, Heather E.
2020

As far back as 3000 BCE (the Bronze Age), plagues have stricken mankind. Viruses are neither alive nor dead and are the closest thing we have to zombies. Their only known function is to replicate themselves, which can have devastating consequences on their hosts. Viruses and bacteria are always morphing, evolving, and changing, making them hard to treat. This is an enlightening, and sometimes frightening, recounting of the destruction wrought by disease. It looks at how science, the medical community, and governments have conquered or mitigated most epidemics even before they can turn into pandemics.

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Soap and water & common sense : the definitive guide to viruses, bacteria, parasites, and disease

Soap and water & common sense : the definitive guide to viruses, bacteria, parasites, and disease

Henry, Bonnie, Dr., author
2020

"As a physician who has spent the better part of the last three decades chasing bugs all over the world -- from Ebola in Uganda to polio in Pakistan, SARS in Toronto, and the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in British Columbia -- Dr. Bonnie Henry, a leading epidemiologist (microbe hunter) and public health doctor, offers three simple rules to live by: clean your hands, cover your mouth when you cough, and stay home when you have a fever. From viruses to bacteria to parasites and fungi, Dr. Henry takes us on a tour through the halls of Microbes Inc., providing up-to-date and accurate information on everything we eat and drink, the bugs in our backyard, and beyond. Lively, informative, and fascinating, Soap and Water & Common Sense is the definitive guide to staying healthy in a germ-filled world."-- Provided by publisher.

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