Neviditelní zabijáci - Lze zvítězit nad smrtícími patogeny? – Osterholm Michael T., Olshaker Mark (2020)

A gripping scientific drama about the threat of infectious diseases, which have the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, destroy public and private resources, and paralyze trade and transportation. The COVID-19, Ebola, MERS, and Zika fever epidemics show us how woefully unprepared we are to cope with these disruptions. So what can - and must - we do to protect ourselves from humanity's most malignant enemies? Based on the latest findings in medical science, case studies, political analyses, and costly epidemiological lessons, the book Neviditelní zabijáci examines the resources we must expend and the programs we must develop if we are to defend ourselves against infectious diseases. The authors show us that one day we could wake up to a world where many antibiotics no longer work, biological warfare is a reality, and the threat of a catastrophic flu or coronavirus pandemic is ever-present. Only if we understand what needs to be done and changed can we prevent the unthinkable from becoming inevitable. Neviditelní zabijáci is perhaps the most important story of our time as well as a chronicle of medical secrets and discoveries. At the same time, it is a practical action...