Sars Stories

Author : Belinda Kong
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781478027812

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SARS Stories by Belinda Kong Pdf

In SARS Stories, Belinda Kong delves into the cultural archive of the 2003 SARS pandemic, examining Chinese-language creative works and social practices at the epicenters of the outbreak in China and Hong Kong. As the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted issues of anti-Asian racism and sinophobia, Kong traces how Chinese people navigated the SARS pandemic and created meaning amid crisis through cultures of epidemic expression. From sentimental romances and Cantopop songs to raunchy sex comedies and crowdsourced ghost tales, unexpected and minor genres and creators of Chinese popular culture highlight the resilience and humanity of those living through the pandemic. Rather than narrating pandemic life in terms of crisis and catastrophe, Kong argues that these works highlight Chinese practices of community, care, and love amid disease. She also highlights the persistence of orientalism in anglophone accounts of SARS index patients and global reporting on COVID-era China. Kong shows how the Chinese experiences of living with SARS can reshape global feelings toward pandemic social life and foster greater fellowship in the face of pandemics.

Author : Thomas Abraham
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9622097022

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Twenty-first Century Plague by Thomas Abraham Pdf

In the autumn of 2002 in southern China, a previously unknown virus jumped the species barrier from animal to man, and sparked the first global epidemic of the new century. the disease sped along the air routes of a globalized world, spreading within mont

Author : John H. Powers,Xiaosui Xiao
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027290854

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The Social Construction of SARS by John H. Powers,Xiaosui Xiao Pdf

When the SARS virus began its spread from southern China around the world in spring 2003, it caught regional and international health officials by surprise. The SARS epidemic itself lasted for only a few months, whereas its treatment, in communicative terms, keeps providing us with important lessons that can prepare us all for the much larger pandemic that many are predicting will eventually occur. While the medical aspects of SARS are now relatively well understood, the discursive rhetorical dimensions are much less so. As an international epidemic, SARS arrived in a number of distinctive societies with the result that different communities handled the crisis in different ways, some far more effectively than others. Accordingly, the 12 chapters in The Social Construction of SARS are studies of how a major health-related crisis was understood and dealt with from a communicative perspective in such diverse places as Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada and the United States during the SARS outbreak.

Author : Michael G. Tyshenko,Cathy Paterson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780773585140

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SARS Unmasked by Michael G. Tyshenko,Cathy Paterson Pdf

Will SARS or another pandemic influenza reoccur and, if it does, have we learned how to manage pandemics more effectively? In SARS Unmasked risk communication expert Michael Tyshenko offers answers to this and other questions. Cathy Paterson, who worked as a nurse clinician during the Toronto SARS crisis, adds an important view from the frontlines. Their analysis reveals an out-of-control situation with mixed risk communication messages, a lack of leadership, and an overwhelmed health care system that was unable to both cope with the crisis in Toronto and provide adequate support for their most valuable employees at the time - health care workers.

Author : Deborah Davis,Helen F. Siu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781135985271

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Sars by Deborah Davis,Helen F. Siu Pdf

SARS: reception and interpretations / Deborah Davis and Helen Siu -- Global connectivity and local politics: SARS, talk radio, and public opinion / Eric Kit-Wai Ma and Joseph Man Chan -- SARS, avian flu, and the urban double take / John Nguyet Erni -- Eulogy and practice: public professionals and private lives / Helen Siu and Jane Chan -- Artistic responses to SARS: footprints in the local and global realms of cyberspace / Abbey Newman -- SARS humor for the virtual community / Hong Zhang -- Taiwan's social crisis during the SARS outbreak: legacy of authoritarianism / Yun Fan and Ming-chi Chen.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309182157

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Learning from SARS by Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats Pdf

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel epidemic that spread rapidly from its origins in southern China until it had reached more than 25 other countries within a matter of months. In addition to the number of patients infected with the SARS virus, the disease had profound economic and political repercussions in many of the affected regions. Recent reports of isolated new SARS cases and a fear that the disease could reemerge and spread have put public health officials on high alert for any indications of possible new outbreaks. This report examines the response to SARS by public health systems in individual countries, the biology of the SARS coronavirus and related coronaviruses in animals, the economic and political fallout of the SARS epidemic, quarantine law and other public health measures that apply to combating infectious diseases, and the role of international organizations and scientific cooperation in halting the spread of SARS. The report provides an illuminating survey of findings from the epidemic, along with an assessment of what might be needed in order to contain any future outbreaks of SARS or other emerging infections.

Author : Salt & Light
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789814928465

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Salt & Light: Inspirational stories of faith at work by Salt & Light Pdf

Most of our waking hours are spent at work. For many, we spend more time in the office than we spend with family and loved ones. But we don’t stop being a Christian when we clock in at work; we’ve all faced the challenge of living out our beliefs amid the often-competing demands of our professions. Living out our faith at work isn’t always the easiest, most straightforward journey. This compilation from Christian portal Salt&Light shares stories of encouragement and equipping on how to navigate that balance. Read about fellow believers in the marketplace, and how they overcame the challenge of being “in the world but not of the world”. Draw inspiration from these true accounts from Singapore and beyond, so that you too may experience personal growth in our relationship with God and living out His Kingdom calling.

Author : Tim Brookes,Omar A. Khan
Publisher : American Public Health Association
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN : 087553046X

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Behind the Mask by Tim Brookes,Omar A. Khan Pdf

This exciting book tells the story of the recent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Follow the SARS trail from rural China as it spreads to various places in the world. See how seemingly casual contacts help the disease spread like wildfire. Work alongside the many infectious disease specialists from health organizations around the world as they painstakingly trace the disease to its origins and simultaneously work on treatments-all the time knowing that each hour of delay allows the disease to spread even further.

Author : Christine Loh
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789622096837

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At the Epicentre by Christine Loh Pdf

What was really happening as Hong Kong struggled with SARS? In At the Epicentre, the story of those extraordinary weeks unfolds with all its drama - personal, national and international, political, medical and scientific.The authors give us the whole picture: from a day-by-day calendar of events to the experiences of a SARS-sufferer; from the heroic efforts of the medical staff in the hospitals to the work of the pioneering global network of laboratories that the World Health Organisation (WHO) created; from the amazing shift to openness of the Chinese authorities to a detailed study of how the global media covered the story.It is a story of individuals, of Dr Gregory Cheng recounting how it felt to have SARS, of the concentrated and intense work of Professor Malik Peiris as he struggled to identify the virus, of Dr David Heyman of the WHO as he dealt with intense political pressures yet moved the international effort along at high speed.The impact of SARS on Hong Kong was enormous and far-reaching. At the Epicentre explores the economic consequences, the way the community responded, and what might be the long-term political implications for Hong Kong, for China and for the international community. The authors are rigorous but fair in their criticisms, recognizing that what seems clear now was not always so in the heat of the battle. But most important are the lessons they draw from the events and experiences for the next time, for the authors all recognize that SARS is just the first global epidemic of the new century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:463925203

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The Toronto Story by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jon D. Lee
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781492013204

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An Epidemic of Rumors by Jon D. Lee Pdf

In An Epidemic of Rumors, Jon D. Lee examines the human response to epidemics through the lens of the 2003 SARS epidemic. Societies usually respond to the eruption of disease by constructing stories, jokes, conspiracy theories, legends, and rumors, but these narratives are often more damaging than the diseases they reference. The information disseminated through them is often inaccurate, incorporating xenophobic explanations of the disease’s origins and questionable medical information about potential cures and treatment. Folklore studies brings important and useful perspectives to understanding cultural responses to the outbreak of disease. Through this etiological study Lee shows the similarities between the narratives of the SARS outbreak and the narratives of other contemporary disease outbreaks like AIDS and the H1N1 virus. His analysis suggests that these disease narratives do not spring up with new outbreaks or diseases but are in continuous circulation and are recycled opportunistically. Lee also explores whether this predictability of vernacular disease narratives presents the opportunity to create counter-narratives released systematically from the government or medical science to stymie the negative effects of the fearful rumors that so often inflame humanity. With potential for practical application to public health and health policy, An Epidemic of Rumors will be of interest to students and scholars of health, medicine, and folklore.

Author : Lee Maxine Johnston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Communication in public health
ISBN : OCLC:1127735406

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Viral Stories by Lee Maxine Johnston Pdf

Infectious disease is far more than its biological components alone - it is experienced, often indirectly, through the meaning-making tools of our culture. Our mass-mediated communication about any given disease is thus profoundly shaped by a myriad of factors that may or may not be obvious to the consumer. This thesis explores one example of this cultural phenomenon through an analysis of news media coverage of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The SARS coverage resonates with historical narratives of emergent infectious disease, draws upon the cultural shifts that defined the modern era, and is shaped by collective anxieties specific to late-modern living. In examining these three areas of the SARS narrative, I offer a thorough analysis of the ways in which the mass media frames infectious disease for public consumption and the possible consequences this could have for our understanding and prioritizing of global health issues.

Author : Mika Aaltola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136650154

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Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares by Mika Aaltola Pdf

Reactions to pandemics are unlike any other global emergency; with an emphasis on withdrawal and containment of the sight of the infected. Dealing with the historical and conceptual background of diseases in politics and international relations, this volume investigates the global political reaction to pandemic scares. By evaluating anxiety and the political response to pandemics as a legitimisation of the modern state and its ability to protect its citizens from infectious disease, Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares examines the connection between international health governance and the emerging Western liberal world order. The case studies, including SARS, Bird Flu and Swine Flu, provide an understanding of how the world order, global health governance and people’s bodies interact to produce scares and panics. Aaltola introduces an innovative new concept of ‘politosomatics’ based on the relationship that links individual stress, strain, and fear with global circulations of power to evaluate increasingly global bio-political environments in which pandemics exist. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of International Relations, Global Health, International Public Health and Global Health governance.

Author : Anton Harber
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781776190690

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So, for the record by Anton Harber Pdf

'Only Anton Harber, a pioneer of independent journalism in south Africa and one of the keenest observers of the media around, could have written the thriller that is this book.' – Jacob Dlamini Veteran journalist Anton Harber brings all his investigative skills to bear on his very own profession, the media. For two years he conducted dozens of interviews with politicians, journalists, policemen, state security agents and 'deep throats', before piecing together two remarkable tales. The first is a chilling story of police death squads, rogue units and renditions, and how South Africa's biggest newspaper was duped into doing the dirty work of corrupt politicians. The second starts with a broken and discarded hard drive and evolves, with many near misses, into the exposure of the depths of the Guptas' influence over the ruling party. Harber's two tales reveal the lows and highs of journalism during an era of state capture. His book is both a disquieting exposé of how easily the media can be duped by a conniving cabal for its own selfish ends, and a celebration of brilliant investigative reporting by brave and ethical journalists.

Author : Zixue Tai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781135869915

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The Internet in China by Zixue Tai Pdf

The Internet in China examines the cultural and political ramifications of the Internet for Chinese society. The rapid growth of the Internet has been enthusiastically embraced by the Chinese government, but the government has also rushed to seize control of the virtual environment. Individuals have responded with impassioned campaigns against official control of information. The emergence of a civil society via cyberspace has had profound effects upon China--for example, in 2003, based on an Internet campaign, the Chinese Supreme People's Court overturned the ruling of a local court for the first time since the Communist Party came to power in 1949. The important question this book asks is not whether the Internet will democratize China, but rather in what ways the Internet is democratizing communication in China. How is the Internet empowering individuals by fostering new types of social spaces and redefining existing social relations?