Protecting the Public s Health During Novel Infectious Disease Outbreak

This Element examines the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in British cattle and the COVID-19 pandemic. It contends that a group of arguments called the informal fallacies functioned as cognitive heuristics and facilitated public health reasoning during both crises. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Riassunto

This Element examines the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in British cattle and the COVID-19 pandemic. It contends that a group of arguments called the informal fallacies functioned as cognitive heuristics and facilitated public health reasoning during both crises. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Prefazione

This Element examines the reasoning of scientists during the emergence of two novel infectious diseases (BSE in cattle and COVID-19).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Louise (The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univer Cummings, Cummings Louise, Louise Cummings
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.09.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata
• EAN: 9781009342636
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934263-6
• Numero di pagine: 70
• Serie: Elements in Health Communication
• Categorie: Media Studies, Epidemiology & medical statistics, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Infectious & contagious diseases, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Disinformation and misinformation, Epidemiology and Medical statistics, Human coronaviruses