{"title":"Michael T. Osterholm","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael T. Osterholm’s works delve into the critical challenges of global health, exploring threats from pandemics and infectious diseases with scientific insight and urgent clarity. His writing balances detailed analysis with accessible language, making complex health issues understandable and compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful discussions on public health preparedness and the impacts of emerging diseases. Osterholm’s books offer a profound perspective on the intersection of science, policy, and society in the face of health crises.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"deadliest-enemy","title":"Deadliest Enemy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe are facing an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies. We need a plan -- before it's too late.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a grinding halt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable. And as outbreaks of Ebola, MERS, yellow fever, and Zika have demonstrated, we are woefully underprepared to deal with the fallout. So what can -- and must -- we do in order to protect ourselves from mankind's deadliest enemy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the latest medical science, case studies, policy research, and hard-earned epidemiological lessons, \u003ci\u003eDeadliest Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e explores the resources and programmes we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease. The authors show how we could wake up to a reality in which many antibiotics no longer cure, bioterror is a certainty, and the threat of a disastrous influenza pandemic looms ever larger. 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Millions have been stricken, many with lasting debilitating effects; more than 7 million have died around the globe; millions more are out of work, scrambling for basic resources; companies and businesses across the country have failed; social and racial inequities have been brought to the surface and amplified; and the global economy has plummeted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, as horrifying as the Covid-19 pandemic has been, we must realise that it is not actually \u003cem\u003ethe Big One\u003c\/em\u003e—the pandemic prospect that haunts the nightmares of epidemiologists and public health officials everywhere, a catastrophe with the potential to alter life across the world on every meaningful level—unless we are properly prepared to deal with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Big One\u003c\/em\u003e, founding director of the Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Dr. Michael T. 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