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: Ensuring Future Preparedness for Small Island Nations and the World reviews the many lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include epidemic preparedness, the politics of epidemics, health security, anti-vaccine campaigns, vaccine preparedness, the need for detailed information sharing and infection tracking versus protected health information, the effects on international relations, the need for intelligence assets to contribute to global health, and the development of biodefense shields. Front Cover 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 Back Cover