LEADER 04116nam 2200613 450 001 9910488697003321 005 20230426132547.0 010 $a3-030-77864-9 010 $a9783030778644$b(electronic bk.) 035 $a(CKB)5590000000518018 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6676087 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6676087 035 $a(OCoLC)1258655097 035 $a(PPN)269153225 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000518018 100 $a20220328d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe science and politics of Covid-19 $ehow scientists should tackle global crises /$fMichel Claessens 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) 311 $a3-030-77863-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1 A Microscopic Killer -- A "Chinese Virus"? -- How Deadly is the Virus? -- How Can We Protect Ourselves? -- 2 Covid-19 Diary -- Europe in Lockdown -- "The Worst Crisis Since World War II" -- Delockdown or Relockdown? -- Technology of Hope -- 3 Geopolitics of the Coronavirus -- Beijing on the Front Line -- In Paris, a Plethora of Scientific Committees -- London and the "Covexit" Nightmare -- In Washington, The "Mask Politics" -- 4 Political Distancing -- Thousands of Excess Deaths -- The Emergence of "Science Politics" -- Which "Public" Service? -- Fighting the Infodemic -- Fatal and Political Mistakes -- Scientific and Political Education -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThis book is a fresh and readable account of the Covid-19 pandemic and how scientists and medical doctors are helping governments to manage the crisis. The book contains interviews and exchanges with dozens of scientists, doctors, experts, government representatives, and journalists. Why do some of the most scientifically advanced countries have the highest Covid-19 mortality? During the pandemic, the research community has been at the heart of and actor in global scandal. Why has science failed? With the help of numerous testimonies from China, France, the UK and the USA in particular, the book provides an insider view on this major crisis. Although the governments of these countries based their Covid-19 strategy on science, scientists failed to have a decisive influence on decision-makers except in China which created genuine time bombs. The accelerated development of vaccines does not erase past months' errors. The crisis led to the development of science politics at an unprecedented rate. More worryingly, experts themselves acknowledge that they did not rise to the challenge. Covid-19 also highlighted the weakness of democratic regimes and the power of technocapitalism. Countries pulled down their blinds, locked their doors, and promoted national approaches rather than international cooperation. The author proposes to set up an international framework on health risk to co-construct decision-making. He advocates political distancing in order to put the basics first: develop science, fight ignorance. 606 $aHealth promotion 606 $aSociology 606 $aMedical policy 606 $aPandèmia de COVID-19, 2020-$2thub 606 $aPromoció de la salut$2thub 606 $aPolítica sanitària$2thub 606 $aAssessorament en salut$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aHealth promotion. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aMedical policy. 615 7$aPandèmia de COVID-19, 2020- 615 7$aPromoció de la salut 615 7$aPolítica sanitària 615 7$aAssessorament en salut 676 $a614.592414 686 $a28.24.12.28$2EP-CLASS 700 $aClaessens$b Michel$0881851 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910488697003321 996 $aThe science and politics of Covid-19$92908347 997 $aUNINA