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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