# The Next Pandemic

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- Book: [The Next Pandemic](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-patrick/the-next-pandemic) ([The Next Pandemic.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-patrick/the-next-pandemic.md))
- Authors: [William Patrick](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-patrick), [Ali S. Khan](https://www.bookquiver.com/ali-s-khan)
- Publisher: publicaffairs
- ISBN: 978-16-1039-591-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2016-05-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases,and the panic and corruption that make them worseThroughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat,Ebola, SARS, Zika,seems imminent, we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan. In his long career as a public health first responder- protected by a thin mask from infected patients, napping under nets to keep out scorpions, making life-and-death decisions on limited, suspect information- Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem, but outbreaks are often caused by people. We make mistakes, politicize emergencies, and, too often, fail to imagine the consequences of our actions. The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax, bird flu, and others,and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.