{"product_id":"epidemic-ebola-and-the-global-scramble-to-prevent-the-next-killer-outbreak-9780815731351","title":"Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak\u003c\/strong\u003e by Wilson, Reid. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780815731351.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA global health catastrophe narrowly averted. A world unprepared for another outbreak.\nIn December 2013, a young boy in a tiny West African village contracted the deadly Ebola virus. The virus spread to his relatives, then to neighboring communities, then across international borders. The worlds first urban Ebola outbreak quickly overwhelmed the global health system and threatened to kill millions.\nAs we are currently seeing, in an increasingly interconnected world in which everyone is one or two flights away from New York or London or Beijing, a localized epidemic has become a pandemic. Ebolas spread through West Africa to Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States sounded global alarms that the next killer outbreak is right around the corner―and that the world is woefully unprepared to combat a new deadly disease.\nFrom the poorest villages of rural West Africa to the Oval Office itself, this book tells the story of a deadly virus that spun wildly out of control―and reveals the truth about how close the world came to a catastrophic global pandemic. It is a story that serves as a cautionary tale for the COVID-19 epidemic currently spreading throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429044613173,"sku":"ByrdShop_0815731353","price":26.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780815731351_38653338-a790-4fe5-babf-d42a7478574b.jpg?v=1781183414","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/epidemic-ebola-and-the-global-scramble-to-prevent-the-next-killer-outbreak-9780815731351","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}