Title: How the World Turned into a Laboratory
Subtitle: The Long Road to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Subject Classification:  COVID-19, Sociology, Healthcare  
BIC Classification: HB, MJCJ, MBP
BISAC Classification: HIS037030, SOC026000, HEA001000
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Apr 2025
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-83711-022-3
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-83711-023-0

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Description

This book provides a comprehensive history of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At first glance, the pandemic struck as a natural disaster, with the sudden emergence of a virus as a major threat from outside. However, the pandemic has a history. SARS-COV-2 arrived in a world that was already very much focused on viruses, health, and longevity, and in which the fear of epidemics had already led to the mobilization of knowledge, technology, and a wide range of institutions to prepare us. The book develops the argument that these pre-existing structures and sensitivities have to a large extent determined the political and other reactions to the SARS-COV-2 virus and how the debates on the measures to halt its circulation have unfolded.

Biography

Author(s):  Bert De Munck is full Professor at the History Department at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

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