Viruses, Vaccines, and Antivirals: Why Politics Matters / / Raj Chari, Isabel Rozas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Chari, Raj,; Rozas, Isabel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Viral Politics , 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 129 p.)

This short book brings together novel cross-interdisciplinary investigation from both natural and social science, representing a true hybrid across disciplines examining the ‘politics’ and ‘science’ of COVID-19. Viruses, Vaccines, and Antivirals: Why Politics Matters considers the dynamics surrounding viruses, proposed vaccines, and antiviral therapies, contextualizing what governments have done during the COVID-19 crisis. The four basic phases of a pandemic are considered with a strong focus on COVID-19, namely the anticipating and early virus detection, containment strategies, policies to control and mitigate the spread of the virus and policies aimed at opening up society. Viruses, Vaccines, and Antivirals: Why Politics Matters examines policy developments throughout these phases in key nations worldwide and puts forward a blueprint for countries developing public policies to deal with a pandemic.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of graphs -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Viruses, antivirals and vaccines -- Chapter 3 Conceptualizing the four phases of a state’s public policy responses during a pandemic: anticipating, containing, controlling and opening-up -- Chapter 4 Demonstrating the strength of the typology: examining key countries globally -- Chapter 5 Conclusions -- Appendix A Supplemental information on methods of analysis -- Bibliography