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Immerse yourself in her meticulously researched narratives that not only educate but also challenge you to consider the broader implications of health policy and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dark-winter-by-raina-macintyre-9781742237671","title":"Dark Winter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sweeping journey through the past, present and future of pandemics and biosecurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDark Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, world-leading epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre provides insights into historical biological attacks, lab accidents and epidemics, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She reveals a recurrent theme of denial, silence, and cover-up around unnatural epidemics, and the powerful vested interests at play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing the lens of history, MacIntyre also provides a glimpse into new frontiers of biosecurity. \u003ci\u003eDark Winter\u003c\/i\u003e outlines quantum advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology, and a future where human genome editing and resurrection of extinct viruses might be the norm. MacIntyre argues that the solution to the existential threat we face from biotechnology will not come from scientists, but from the community having a voice in the future of the planet and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Here is what we all need - clear evidence about COVID-19, its origins, treatment, and consequences. 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The COVID-19 pandemic propelled anti-vaccination sentiment into the mainstream, including from some leaders in the medical profession, in an explosion of pseudoscience and disinformation that's made it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVaccine Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, internationally acclaimed epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre examines the history of vaccines and how they work, vaccine safety, public policy, cutting-edge new technologies, and the miraculous new developments in vaccines to fight cancer and other chronic diseases. At a critical time when vaccination rates are falling globally, MacIntyre argues that science must reclaim the stage or we will lose centuries of gains that vaccines have brought to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vaccines helped us emerge from the worst of the COVID pandemic, yet rather than being a triumph, we now see anti-vaccine claims eclipsing public health policies. 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This book, by one of the world's leading biosecurity experts, tells the story of how vaccines transformed the public health landscape and suggests what we might do to restore public trust in their efficacy and safety.' — Professor Trish Greenhalgh OBE, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A timely wake-up call.' — \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\/The Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVaccine Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading.' — Adrian Esterman, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083054792940,"sku":"9781761170058","price":98.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1001733482815.jpg?v=1765280246"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/raina-macintyre.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}