false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542948m/187970.jpg 187970 3 <div><div><b>A &#8220;brilliant&#8221; and &#8220;fascinating&#8221; investigation of the looming avian flu pandemic&#8212;and how we arrived at the brink of a global health catastrophe&#8212;<i>The New York Times</i></b></div><b><i></i></b><div><br>The virus known as H5N1 is now endemic among poultry and wild bird populations in East Asia. A flu strain of astonishing lethality, it has a talent for transforming itself to foil the human immune system&#8212;and kills two out of every three people it infects. The World Health Organization now warns that avian flu is on the verge of mutating into a super-contagious form that could travel at pandemic velocity, killing up to 100 million people within two years.</div><div><br>In <i>The Monster at Our Door</i>, the first book to sound this alarm, our foremost urban and environmental critic reconstructs the scientific and political history of this viral apocalypse in the making, exposing the central roles played by burgeoning slums, the agribusiness and fast-food industries, and corrupt governments. Mike Davis tracks the avian flu crisis as the virus moves west and the world remains woefully unprepared to contain it. With drug companies unwilling to invest in essential vaccines, severe shortages persist, a scenario Davis compares to the sinking Titanic: there are virtually no lifesaving resources available to the poor, and precious few for the rich, too.</div></div> 181684 2005 The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu total:44|5:2|4:18|3:19|2:5|1:0| 44 149 68 10 322394 1595580115 9781595580115 7 3 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173747536m/322394.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/322394.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 4 0 false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:53:16 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 10:48:18 -0700 2009
Ongoing negligence in the political sphere, profiteering by Big Pharma, placing profit over the needs of the people at large. The role of "megaslums" and the consol...more...]]> 322394 1595580115 9781595580115 7 3 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173747536m/322394.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/322394.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 5 0 false Mon Aug 13 10:06:18 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 10:06:48 -0700 2007
Influenzas are divided into three major categories. Types B & C are relatively mild, leading to the common cold, or, at worst, the winter flu. But Type A is t...more...]]> 187970 0805081917 9780805081916 37 7 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542948m/187970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187970.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 3 0 false Tue Dec 16 22:31:15 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 22:32:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 187970 0805081917 9780805081916 37 7 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542948m/187970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187970.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 4 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 15:49:19 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 15:51:12 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 187970 0805081917 9780805081916 37 7 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542948m/187970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187970.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 3 0 false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:01:48 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:01:48 -0700 2009 187970 0805081917 9780805081916 37 7 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542948m/187970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187970.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 02:27:02 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 02:28:09 -0700 2009 187970 0805081917 9780805081916 37 7 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542948m/187970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187970.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 3 0 false Mon May 25 18:09:55 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 17:29:51 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 18:09:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 187970 0805081917 9780805081916 37 7 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172542948m/187970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187970.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 2 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jul 07 21:23:10 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 21:24:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 322394 1595580115 9781595580115 7 3 3.39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173747536m/322394.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/322394.The_Monster_at_Our_Door_The_Global_Threat_of_Avian_Flu 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Aug 09 20:45:34 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 06 05:26:48 -0800 2009
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