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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Responding to COVID-19: A Once-in-a-Century Pandemic? By Bill Gates -- Introduction -- How This Book Will Help -- Chapter 1: Just the Facts -- Origin of Coronavirus -- How Do You Catch the Coronavirus? -- What Coronavirus Is Not and the Misinformation Surrounding COVID-19 -- Symptoms of the Coronavirus -- What Exactly Does COVID-19 Do to a Person? -- Emergency symptoms for CHILDREN -- Emergency symptoms for ADULTS -- Mortality Rate and Morbidity Rate: Why Are They So Important? -- Viral Mutations -- Recovery Times -- Which Is Deadlier: The Flu Or Coronavirus? -- What the Princess Cruises Can Teach Us About COVID-19 -- Chapter 2: Pandemics: What Are They and What Can We Expect -- What Are Pandemics -- What Is an Epidemic? -- What Is a Cluster? -- What Is an Outbreak? -- What Is a Pandemic? -- What Is a Cytokine Storm? -- What We Can Learn from Historical Pandemics -- How The CDC Measures Pandemic Events -- Pandemic Waves and Measuring Disease Progression -- What Makes Coronavirus a Pandemic -- Community Spread: What to Expect with Coronavirus -- How Will the Federal, State, and Local Governments Respond? -- Censorship of Information -- FEMA Response Plans -- Enforcement -- The Final Rule for Control of Communicable Diseases -- Societal Impact -- Could There be a Run on Financial Markets? -- A Breakdown of Law and Order -- Travel Lockdown -- An Overwhelmed Healthcare System -- Medical Bills and Deductibles Could Be Massive -- Electricity, Water, Sewage, Sanitation, and Internet Failures -- It Can Happen All At Once -- Chapter 3: Quarantine and Isolation -- What to Expect During a Quarantine -- Family Quarantine at Home -- What to Expect During Isolation at a Medical Facility -- Effects of Isolation on the Psyche -- When to Go into a Full-On Lockdown -- Chapter 4: Pandemic Medical Needs -- Faulty Testing -- Hospital Preparedness Plans -- Containment Efforts -- Bed Shortages -- What Do I Do If I Become Sick With a Fast-Spreading Virus Like COVID-19? -- When to Discontinue Home Isolation -- Your Pandmic PPE Medical Essentials -- Alcohol-Based Sanitizer -- Pandemic Medical Supplies for the Home -- Build the Ultimate One-Year Medical Supply -- Storing Medical Supplies -- Health -- Herbs, Natural Remedies, and Viral Pandemics -- Chapter 5: How to Prepare the Home for a Pandemic -- Inform Yourself -- Preparing the Home -- The Sick Room -- How to Protect Yourself in a Viral Hot Zone -- Personal Nonpharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) -- Critical Pandemic Supplies to Store Away -- Water -- Food -- 5 Delicious Meal-in-a-Jar Recipes -- Sanitation -- Alternative Power -- Communication -- Chapter 6: A Prepared Community -- Pre-Pandemic Planning -- Community Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) -- Multi-Family Living During Pandemics -- Pandemic Preparations for the Elderly -- Pandemic Considerations for the Homeless -- School Preparedness -- Working in a Pandemic Scare and How to Prepare -- Travel Bans -- How Communities Can Move Forward After a Pandemic Ends -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: What Will Our Future Look Like? -- A Post-Pandemic World -- Learning from the Past -- Personal Preparedness -- Staying Strong in the Most Difficult of Times -- Endnotes -- Full Pandemic Supply List. |
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