COVID-19 Catastrophe

Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet.

• Preface to the Second EditionPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 From Wuhan to the World2 Why Were We Not Prepared?3 Science: The Paradox of Success and Failure4 First Lines of Defence5 The Politics of COVID-196 The Risk Society Revisited7 Towards the Next PandemicEpilogueNotes

�This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.�Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh�The Editor of The Lancet pulls no punches. The pandemic has shattered our belief in Western exceptionalism and exposed the harsh underbelly of global inequality. A must-read.�Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College LondonPraise for the first edition:"Devastating… An incredibly powerful read."—Piers Morgan, Good Morning Britain"Vital and up to the minute."—Nature"A polemic of the first order."—The Guardian"a well-reasoned roar of rage at the failure of many western governments to follow the emerging scientific evidence about the pandemic potential of the novel coronavirus." —The Financial Times"uncompromisingly scathing." —Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century"Blistering but forensically detailed." —Medical RepublicSelected as one of the Best Science Books of 2020 by the Financial Times