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World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One

World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One

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  • Create Date：2021-10-05 11:21:13
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Sanjay Gupta
  • ISBN：1797128329
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Reviews

Steve ，

I enjoyed this book and rate it as 4。5 stars。 I loved the conversational style of Dr。 Gupta’s writing。 I also enjoyed reading about his relevant personal experiences as a medical reporter。 He explains the science well and in clear language。 However the book has some flaws。 Too much attention was paid to the lab-leak hypothesis。 I also found the section on the influence of the microbiome to be too speculative。 The information on food and diet was too broad and less relevant to COVID， aise from th I enjoyed this book and rate it as 4。5 stars。 I loved the conversational style of Dr。 Gupta’s writing。 I also enjoyed reading about his relevant personal experiences as a medical reporter。 He explains the science well and in clear language。 However the book has some flaws。 Too much attention was paid to the lab-leak hypothesis。 I also found the section on the influence of the microbiome to be too speculative。 The information on food and diet was too broad and less relevant to COVID， aise from the increased risk of complications in people with obesity。 At times I also felt that Gupta was too self-promoting。 However， these don’t outweigh the positives of the book。 Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for the advance reader copy。 。。。more

Michelle Cornish ，

Informative， insightful， and just plain needed！ Dr。 Gupta teaches in World War C the differences between misinformation and disinformation， and I'm so thankful for this well thought out and informative read to clear things up。 I especially enjoyed the sections on myth busting around Covid-19 and how to keep ourselves healthy and prepared for further outbreaks in the future。 Told with an honest and humble approach based on science， but explained in a way that anyone can understand。 This should be Informative， insightful， and just plain needed！ Dr。 Gupta teaches in World War C the differences between misinformation and disinformation， and I'm so thankful for this well thought out and informative read to clear things up。 I especially enjoyed the sections on myth busting around Covid-19 and how to keep ourselves healthy and prepared for further outbreaks in the future。 Told with an honest and humble approach based on science， but explained in a way that anyone can understand。 This should be required reading for everyone！ Thank you to NetGalley for the digital ARC。 。。。more

Justine ，

I received this book free from Netgalley for an honest review。 I found this book very interesting and more on the academic side of things than I normally read。 It took me awhile to read it because of that but I do think I learned from this book。 Sanjay has been through his fair share of pandemics and gave good insight at each stage of the pandemics and also how to stay safe during one and how to hopefully prevent another。 I liked that it was evidence based facts so maybe some nah sayers should p I received this book free from Netgalley for an honest review。 I found this book very interesting and more on the academic side of things than I normally read。 It took me awhile to read it because of that but I do think I learned from this book。 Sanjay has been through his fair share of pandemics and gave good insight at each stage of the pandemics and also how to stay safe during one and how to hopefully prevent another。 I liked that it was evidence based facts so maybe some nah sayers should pick this book up and give it a read。 I did enjoy this book and would absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for more answers regarding this pandemic。 。。。more

Cari ，

Essential reading and an essential buy for the public library。 Gupta traces the origins of the pandemic， explores what could have been done better and what we did do right， and how we can continue to be vigilant in the future。 He takes a neutral， fact-based approach， which means that parts of the book may upset people on the different sides of the political spectrum - there were a few parts that infuriated me - but I know Gupta's work is highly researched and well-intentioned。 Like we all are， c Essential reading and an essential buy for the public library。 Gupta traces the origins of the pandemic， explores what could have been done better and what we did do right， and how we can continue to be vigilant in the future。 He takes a neutral， fact-based approach， which means that parts of the book may upset people on the different sides of the political spectrum - there were a few parts that infuriated me - but I know Gupta's work is highly researched and well-intentioned。 Like we all are， constantly， I had to question my own beliefs and thoughts。 Gupta's credentials as a surgeon and health reporter give him the authority to write about this topic and to pick it apart， going back to other pandemics such as Ebola and SARS and predicting what could happen with future COVID variants and future deadly diseases。 。。。more