The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What’s Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again

摘要

Time and time again we are being reminded of the brutality of both world wars in the past century. Nonetheless, the Spanish flu pandemic which has led to tens of million mortality is largely neglected until the outbreak of COVID-19 which draws a similar grim outcome to it. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, hence it is paramount for us to grasp the lessons learned from this pandemic. Also regarded as the “infodemic” as there are a plethora of conspiracy theories surrounding this pandemic, thus we must obtain our facts from a reliable source. This book by Richard Horton, the Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet, provides a trustworthy source of information, in which we can reflect upon in this crisis.