Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security: COVID-19 and Ensuring Future Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland and the World

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Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security: Covid-19 and Ensuring Future Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland and the World
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
About the authors
About the contributors
Foreword
Preface: Three interlocking functions for stronger health security
The history of global health security is the history of added facets
COVID-19 and individual health security: Healthy populations
References
Acknowledgements
Part I Big picture lessons
Chapter 1 The irreversible global politicization of health
1.1 Health and politics
1.3 Changing political stances
1.5 Health, politics, and the economy
1.6 Key points
References
Chapter 2 Fortress Ireland
2.1 Would closing borders have worked?
2.3 The costs of isolation
2.5 One island, two countries
2.6 Ireland versus New Zealand
2.8 Key points
References
Chapter 3 Lessons for humanity
3.1 What have we learned?
3.3 Humans versus nature
3.5 Health is wealth
3.6 Key points
References
Part II Lockdowns and politics
Chapter 4 Lockdown alternatives
4.1 The lockdown dilemma
4.3 Lockdowns and societal control
4.5 Lockdown alternatives
4.7 Conclusion: Lockdown trade-offs
4.8 Key points
References
Chapter 5 Creativity and originality: Original responses
5.1 A challenging initial response
5.3 The forgotten concept of health security
5.5 The value of originality and creativity
5.6 Key points
References
Chapter 6 Lessons from—and for—Developing countries
6.1 Limited learning opportunities?
6.2 Lead time
6.4 The primacy of health security
6.5 What worked?
6.7 A checklist of health security concepts for developing countries
6.8 Key points
References
Part III Vaccine issues
Chapter 7 Vaccine preparedness
7.1 Were we ready?
7.3 Simple initial paradigms
7.5 The European Union and ‘setting the tone’
7.7 Optimism through structure
7.8 Key points
References
Chapter 8 Antivaccine campaigns and the far left and right
8.1 Pandemics and Edmund Burke
8.3 Manipulating the facts
8.5 Trusting science
8.8 Key points
References
Chapter 9 Military involvement in pandemics
9.1 The securitization of health
9.2 Health, surveillance, and intelligence
9.4 A defence involvement checklist
Training and education
Improving electronic databases
Standardization of data
Early reporting
Intersectional outbreak response
9.5 How can intelligence help shape the response to future outbreaks?
9.6 Key points
References
Part IV Public health information sharing
Chapter 10 Information sharing
10.1 Who should know what?
10.3 A double-edged sword
10.5 The role of tech
10.7 An evidence base
10.8 Key points
References
Chapter 11 Public access to public health information
11.1 The primacy of privacy
11.3 Geographical detail
11.5 A question of trust
11.7 Information enhances responses
11.9 A question of disclosure
11.11 Key points
References
Chapter 12 Health security and strengthening health systems
12.1 The need for strong public health systems
12.2 Borders and travel
12.3 Macro-level public health security policies
12.5 Media and public health information
12.6 Feasible and enforceable individual-level efforts
12.7 Key points
References
Chapter 13 Biodefense shields
13.1 A questionable track record?
13.3 Deficits in capacity and communications
13.5 The need for a defensive frontline in health security
13.6 Key points
References
Chapter 14 International relations implications of the pandemic
14.1 Pandemics and international relations
14.2 Limited cooperation scenarios
14.4 International mobility implications
14.5 Epidemics and security
14.7 Smart power and epidemic control
14.8 A need for national and supranational epidemic governance evolution?
Political implications
14.10 Key points
References
Index
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