The COVID-19 Survival Guide: Information and Practical Steps You Can Use to Protect Yourself Against the Coronavirus

Dr. Paul Kilgore, MD, MPH, FACP

mar 2020 · Quantitative Health, LLC

Informazioni su questo ebook

A complete and easy-to-read guide for your health during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus (now referred to as SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in Wuhan, China during December, 2019 and now has spread to become a full-blown pandemic. A coronavirus pandemic now threatens the United States and populations around the world. What is the coronavirus? Where did it come from?  What can you do to protect yourself, your family and keep your friends and coworkers safe and healthy?  How can I plan, prepare and cope with life in a pandemic? Learn practical information from global health expert Dr. Paul Kilgore, MD, MPH. Dr. Paul Kilgore provides us with a breakdown of how the coronavirus may affect us and what we can do to successfully fight this killer virus. This book includes information pulled from scientific papers around the world, public health information and Dr. Kilgore’s experience working overseas in China and other Asian countries during the first SARS epidemic in 2003—2004.

This book explains how this virus causes illness, how it is transmitted and how it may affect you, loved ones and colleagues in many ways you may not have considered. Dr. Paul Kilgore also provides you with key insights from the vantage point of a physician who has investigated highly infectious agents causing Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever, SARS and others in epidemics around the world. This book incorporates guidance and advice from infectious disease experts around the world including those from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization. Extra checklists for you and your family are found in this book to help you prepare for your healthcare and health emergencies.

Informazioni sull'autore

Dr. Paul Kilgore, MD, MPH, FACP is a physician whose medical specialty is Internal Medicine. He is also a trained medical epidemiologist who has studied epidemiology and global health. He is an alumni of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor MI where he completed his undergraduate studies in psychobiology and graduate studies in epidemiology and public health. Dr. Kilgore is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan and he completed his Internal Medicine residency training in the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Kilgore completed further training at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an alumni of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Program at the US CDC--a globally recognized program of excellence in training "disease detectives". Dr. Kilgore is an infectious disease epidemiologist and globally-recognized researcher whose work has taken him to over 30 countries around the world including the study of outbreaks of Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever in Bolivia and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in China. Dr. Kilgore is also host of the Quantitative Health Podcast.