How COVID-19 Took Over the World: Lessons for the Future

How COVID-19 Took Over the World: Lessons for the Future

Christine Loh (Editor), Judith Mackay (Contributions by), Hualing Fu (Contributions by), Benjamin J. Cowling (Contributions by), Michael Edesess (Contributions by), Renu Singh (Contributions by), Richard Cullen (Contributions by), Christopher S. Tang (Contributions by)
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Publication Date: May 20th, 2023
Publisher:
Hong Kong University Press
ISBN:
9789888805655
Pages:
268
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Description

This analysis of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic will help health professionals and policymakers move forward.

The pandemic left disorder and crises in its wake everywhere it struck. Drawing on disciplines including public health, politics, and socioeconomics, this book tracks the spread of COVID-19 to weave a coherent picture that explains how scientists learned about the virus, how authorities reacted around the world, and how different societies coped.

Written by a leading team of public health, policy, and economics experts, How COVID-19 Took Over the World provides an in-depth analysis of various countries’ responses to the pandemic, as well as suggestions to increase the capability to fight future pandemics. The first part of the book provides an overview of global governance and international cooperation, the economic and social consequences of the outbreak, and breakthroughs in mathematical modeling and COVID-19 vaccines. The second part of the book examines and compares specific countries and regions through the lens of good governance, social contract, and political trust.

How COVID-19 Took Over the World is essential for anyone seeking to learn from the impact of COVID-19, particularly professionals and policymakers, as well as those with a general interest in governance and pandemics.

About the Author

Christine Loh is the chief development strategist at the Institute for the Environment, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as well as editor of At the Epicentre: Hong Kong and the SARS Outbreak.

Hualing Fu is professor of law and dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong where he holds the Warren Chan Professorship in Human Rights and Responsibilities.

Praise for How COVID-19 Took Over the World: Lessons for the Future

“Loh and colleagues have once again provided a clear, multidimensional set of lessons on the global pandemic that is at once contextualised to Hong Kong. This is an excellent follow-up to a similar volume for the 2003 SARS outbreak—sadly plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose—lest future history repeat given the inevitability of more emerging outbreaks to come.”
— Gabriel Leung, honorary professor and former dean of medicine, the University of Hong Kong

“Future generations may find our generation’s extreme COVID-19 measures bewildering. This enlightening and far-sighted collection demonstrates that some rose above the fray and looked to the future. Expertly edited and co-authored by Christine Loh, this book shows how some in our generation kept their heads while others were losing theirs.”
— Naubahar Sharif, professor, Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology