Uncontrolled Spread
Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
Scott Gottlieb, MD 202x Beaverton Lib 382.1962 GOT
- p102 2015 Zika, 62 diagnosed US infections, tiny fraction of total, potential risks (microcephaly) to unborn children
p103 CDC pushed three-disease Trioplex test rather than simpler PCR-based Singleplex test
p189 Martin Bootsma and Neil Ferguson The effect of public health measures on the 1918 influenza pandemic in U.S. cities PNAS 2007 / NOT Niall Ferguson
p189 Hatchett Melcher Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic PNAS 2007
p346 Russian Foreign Intelligence service SVR targeted vaccine research networks ("steal" not sabotage research ), then targeted Pfizer with disinformation : Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims to Undermine Confidence in Pfizer, Other Covid-19 Vaccines, U.S. Officials Say
p347 (note 20 p461) Influence-enza: How Russia, China, and Iran Have Shaped and Manipulated Coronavirus Vaccine Narratives
p355 Wuhan Institute of Virology origin theories, but ... pangolins Quammen New Yorker Did pangolins spread the China coronavirus to people? Nature 2020
p359 gain-of-function influenza escape 1e-4 to 1e-5 per year Moratorium on Research Intended To Create Novel Potential Pandemic Pathogens Marc Lipsitch, Thomas V. Inglesby Editorial mBio 2014 Dec 12