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Informationen zum Autor Reid Wilson is national correspondent at The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., where he covers politics, public policy, campaigns and elections. He is a former staff writer at The Washington Post and a former editor in chief of National Journal's The Hotline. Klappentext A global health catastrophe narrowly averted. A world unprepared for another outbreak. From 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. Zusammenfassung From the poorest villages of rural West Africa to the Oval Office, 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis " Contents: Cast of Characters Preface Introduction 1. Emile 2. A Mysterious Killer 3. Into the Fight 4. A Turning Point 5. Roaring Back 6. Death of a Hero 7. Lagos 8. The Samaritans 9. A Call for Help 10. 70-30 11. Darkest Days 12. Deployment 13. Dallas 14. The Ebola Czar 15. Panic and Quarantine 16. The Obama Phones 17. The Burial Teams 18. A Waning Tide 19. Medicine without Borders 20. The Next Outbreak Acknowledgments Notes Index "