The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global High-Tech Challenge at the Interface of Science, Politics, and Illusions
Intro -- The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global High-Tech Challenge at the Interface of Science, Politics, and Illusions -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 We are no longer hunters and gatherers. Societies, states, values, and healthcare today -- References -- Chapter 3 Development of drugs and vaccines -- References -- Chapter 4 COVID-19-The disease -- 1 Introduction -- 2 DNA and RNA -- 3 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19 disease -- 4 Modern society and public health -- 5 Traditional avenues of prevention -- 6 Vaccines -- 7 Diagnostics -- 8 Treatment -- 9 COVID-19, children, and "children" -- 9.1 The age of vaccination for "children" -- 9.2 Multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) -- 10 COVID-19 variants -- 11 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Russian and Chinese vaccines -- 1 Russian vaccines -- 2 Chinese vaccines -- 3 Assessment -- References -- Chapter 6 The European Union (EU) response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- 1 The original course of the pandemic in Europe -- 2 Details of the EU response -- 3 Future EU plans -- 4 A preliminary assessment of the EU response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- References -- Chapter 7 COVID-19 vaccines global access (COVAX) and more -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key international organizations -- 3 COVID-19 vaccines global access (COVAX) -- 4 The discussion about booster shots -- 5 Preliminary COVAX assessment -- References -- Chapter 8 International healthcare structures and COVID-19 -- 1 WHO basics and "Public Health Emergencies of International Concern" (PHEICs) -- 2 International Health regulations (IHR) and PHEICs -- 3 The WHO's life of its own -- 4 The WHO and progress in healthcare -- 5 The WHO in the COVID-19 pandemic.