New pandemics, old politics: two hundred years of war on disease and its alternatives
Leo van Bergen
Abstract
At the time of writing this review of Alex the Waal’s book on past and present pandemics, China has just radically changed its Covid policy, following massive protests against it. Zero-Covid, Xi-Ji...
Topics & Concepts
PandemicPoliticsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DiseasePolitical scienceWorld War IIFirst world warHistoryDevelopment economicsEconomic historyMedicineAncient historyInfectious disease (medical specialty)LawEconomicsPathologyHealth and Conflict StudiesGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHealthcare Systems and Challenges